Simon Godwin

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Simon Godwin (* 1975 ) is an English theater director and director.

Life

Simon Godwin grew up in St Albans, the oldest of four siblings. His father was a publisher and now works as a literary agent. Both brothers are in the film and television business, the sister is a curator .

Godwin first completed a degree in English literature at Cambridge . He studied acting at London's Anna Scher Theater and then founded the Stray Dogs Theater Company , for which he staged everything that ends well by William Shakespeare and Euridyce by Jean Anouilh , as well as Inkle and Yarico , an opera by Samuel Arnold , on the London Fringe was performed.

In 2001 he became Associate Director at Royal & Derngate in Northampton , where he worked with Rupert Goold . In Northampton he produced a. a. Everyman , Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett , and Half-Truths by Alan Ayckbourn . From 2005 he studied physical theater and devising at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) for two years . In 2008 he became the Associate Director of Tom Morris at Bristol Old Vic . From 2009 to 2015 he was Associate Director at the Royal Court , where he a. a. staged seven world premieres. In 2013 he made his Royal National Theater debut with Eugene O'Neill's rarely performed Strange, Interlude . His second RNT production that year was Shaw's Man and Superman with Ralph Fiennes , Indira Varna and Elliot Barnes-Worrell in the lead roles. His production of Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company , which he is settling in Africa and in which, with Paapa Essiedu, a black actor took on the role of Hamlet in a stage production for the first time in Great Britain, was also shown in May 2018 at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC .

Simon Goodwin is the designated successor to Michael Kahn , longtime artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, DC

Prizes and awards

  • 2012: Evening Standard award for emerging director

Filmography

Live productions of some of his productions have been released on DVD.

  • 2014: Two gentlemen from Verona , The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon; Opus Arte DVD
  • 2015: The Beaux 'Stratagem, National Theater London; National Theater Live
  • 2015: Man and Superman, National Theater London; National Theater Live
  • 2015: Richard II. , With Elizabeth McGovern (June), Ben Miles (Harvey), National Theater London; National Theater Live
  • 2016: Hamlet , with Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet), Royal Shakespeare Company; Opus Arte DVD
  • 2017: what you want ; with Tamsin Greig (Malvolia), National Theater; National Theater Live
  • 2018: Antonius und Cleopatra , with Ralph Fiennes (Antonius), Sophie Okonedo (Cleopatra), National Theater London; National Theater Live
  • 2018: Timon of Athens , with Kathryn Hunter in the title role, Swan Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon; National Theater Live

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Same Marlowe: Simon Godwin: 'As a director, you're always trying to find your niche' , Interview in: The Stage, 2018, accessed January 9, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Shakespeare Theater Company Announces New Artistic Director: Simon Godwin , DC Metro, Theater Arts, accessed January 8, 2019
  3. ↑ Shakespeare Theater Names Simon Godwin Its New Artistic Director American Theater, accessed January 7, 2019
  4. ↑ Standard Theater Awards - Winners 2012 WestendTheatre, accessed January 9, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Godwin, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English theater director and director
DATE OF BIRTH 1975