(Callow also played a minor role in the 1984 film adaptation.) Callow has also distinguished himself in British theater as director of Jean Cocteau's Infernal Machine. As an actor he is probably best known, particularly in Britain, for playing the role of Mozart in Peter Shaffer's 1979 stage production, Amadeus. Simon Callow is a multitalented artist who has won acclaim as an actor, stage director, and writer. Translator and director of Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine (play), 1986. Author of introductions to books, including The Great Stage Directors: One Hundred Distinguished Careers of the Theatre, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1994, and Antony Armstrong-Jones, Snowdon on Stage: A Personal View of the British Theatre, Pavilion (London, England), 1996. Orson Welles: Hello Americans (biography), Jonathan Cape (London, England), 2006.Īlso author, with Adam Godley and Mark McGlynn, of Zero Hour, 1986. Shooting the Actor or, The Choreography of Confusion, interventions from Dusan Makavejev, Picador (New York, NY), 2003.ĭickens' Christmas: A Victorian Celebration, Harry N. ![]() Henry IV ( "Actors on Shakespeare" series), Faber and Faber (London, England), part I, 2002, part II, 2002. Shakespeare on Love, Frances Lincoln (London, England), 2000. Oscar Wilde and His Circle, National Portrait Gallery (London, England), 2000. The Night of the Hunter, BFI Publishing (London, England), 2000. Love Is Where It Falls: The Story of a Passionate Friendship (memoir), Fromm International (New York, NY), 1999. The National: The Theatre and Its Work 1963-97 And a Chronology of Productions 1963-1997, Nick Hern Books, in association with Royal National Theatre (London, England), 1997. (Adapter) Les Enfants du Paradis (based on the screenplay by Jacques Prevert), produced at the Barbican Theatre, London, 1996. Cape (London, England), 1995, Viking (New York, NY), 1996. Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu (biography), J. (With Dusan Makavejev) Shooting the Actor or, The Choreography of Confusion (memoir), Nick Hern Books (London, England), 1990.Īcting in Restoration Comedy (nonfiction), Applause Theatre Book Publishers (New York, NY), 1991. (Translator) Milan Kundera, Jacques and His Master (based on the play Jacques le fataliste by Denis Diderot first produced at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1987), published by Faber (New York, NY), 1986.Ĭharles Laughton: A Difficult Actor (biography), Methuen (New York, NY), 1987. WRITINGS: NONFICTIONīeing an Actor (memoir), Methuen ( New York, NY), 1984, Picador ( New York, NY), 2003. AWARDS, HONORS:ĭrama Desk Award nomination for best director, 1989, for Shirley Valentine Olivier Award, London Critics' Circle Award, both 1992, both for Carmen Jones honorary D.LL., Queen's University, Belfast, 1999, and University of Birmingham, 2000 CBE, 1999. Director of stage productions, including Shirley Valentine, 1988, Carmen Jones, 1991, 1994, and Les Enfants du Paradis, 1996 and the films The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, 1991, and Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor, 1988. Actor in stage productions, including The Thrie Estates, 1973, Soul of the White Ant, 1976, Devil's Island, 1977, Titus Andronicus, 1978, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, 1978, Amadeus, 1979, Sisterly Feelings, 1980, Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1985, Cosí Fan Tutte, 1987, Die Fledermaus, 1988, Single Spies, 1989, Il Trittico, 1995, La Calisto, 1996, Il Turco in Italia, 1997, The Consul, 2000, Le Roi Malgré Lui, 2002, The Mystery of Charles Dickens, 2003, and The Magic Flute, 2008 motion pictures, including Amadeus, 1984, The Good Father, 1986, A Room with a View, 1986, Maurice, 1987, Manifesto, 1988, Faust, 1988, The Importance of Being Oscar, 1997, Shakespeare in Love, 1998, No Man's Land, 2000, A Christmas Carol, 2000, Thunderpants, 2001, Bright Young Things, 2003, Through the Leaves, 2003, The Phantom of the Opera, 2004, Bob the Butler, 2005 and television productions, including David Copperfield, 1988. Worked as a theater box office attendant in London member of National Theatre Co., London, 1979-81. Lambeth Rd., London SW8 1XU, England (stage writing) Waverley House, 7-12 Noël St., London W1F 8GQ, England (film writing) Alan Brodie, 6th Fl., Fairgate House, 78 New Oxford St., London WC1A 1HB, England. ADDRESSES:Īgent-Maggie Hanbury, 27 Walcot St., London SE11 4UB, England (acting) John Wood, Sally Hope Association, 108 Leonard St., London EC2 4XS, England (directing) Harriet Cruickshank, 97 Old S. ![]() Education: Attended Queens University, Belfast, Ireland, 1967-68 trained for the stage at the London Drama Centre. Callow, Simon 1949- (Simon Phillip Hugh Callow) PERSONAL:īorn June 15, 1949, in London, England son of Neil Francis (in business) and Yvonne Mary (a secretary) Callow.
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