Sam Wanamaker Award

The Sam Wanamaker Award or Sam Wanamaker Prize is an award established in 1994 for pioneering work in Shakespearean theatre, usually given to individuals who have worked closely with Shakespeare's Globe or the Royal Shakespeare Company; the award is not specific to artistic contribution, and has frequently been granted to businessmen and academics. It is one of the two current British awards for classical theatre, alongside the Ian Charleson Award. It is presented by Shakespeare's Globe and named after Sam Wanamaker, the theatre's founder.

Winners

2019 – Diana Devlin^[1]
2018 – Thelma Holt^[2]
2017 – 25 Globe volunteers^[3]
2016 – Gordon McMullan, professor of English at King's College London, founder of "Shakespeare 400" quatercentenary celebrations.^[4]
2015 – Christopher Plummer, actor^[5]
2014 – Ralph Alan Cohen, co-founder of the American Shakespeare Center^[6]
2013 – Michael Sydney Perry, British business executive ^[7]
2012 – Gregory Doran, artistic director of Royal Shakespeare Company
2011 – Glynn MacDonald, Resident Master of Movement at Shakespeare's Globe, and Giles Block, Resident Master of Verse and Play at Shakespeare's Globe
2010 – Professor Stanley Wells CBE, Shakespeare scholar and author
2008 – Andrew Gurr, theater historian
2007 – Jenny Tiramani, Claire van Kampen and Mark Rylance
2006 – Dawn Saunders QSM, CEO of the Shakespeare's Globe Centre in New Zealand
2004 – John Orrell, Canadian scholar and theatre historian
2003 – Stephen Unwin and Barrie Rutter, Directors of English Touring Theatre and Northern Broadsides respectively
2002 – Paul Scofield CBE
2001 – John Barton CBE
2000 – Cicely Berry
1999 – Glynne Wickham
1998 – Janet Arnold
1996 – William Hutt
1995 – Leon Garfield
1994 – Dr. Rex Gibson

References

^ "Shakespeare's Globe celebrates founder Sam Wanamaker's centenary with 2019 Sam Wanamaker Award". Theatre-News.com. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Shakespeare's Globe celebrates founder Sam Wanamaker's centenary with 2019 Sam Wanamaker Award". Theatre-News.com. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Sam Wanamaker Award 2017", Shakespeare's Globe, June 1, 2017.
^ "Brains behind Shakespeare 400 wins Sam Wanamaker Award", The Stage, June 6, 2016.
^ "Christopher Plummer wins the 2015 Sam Wanamaker award", The Stage, June 17, 2015.
^ "ASC co-founder honored", The News Leader, June 16, 2014.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)