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Samuel West: Howards End
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One of Britain's more underrated actors, Samuel West first became known to international audiences in 1992 as the perpetually unfortunate Leonard Bast in the acclaimed Ismail Merchant/James Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster's Howards End. The son of actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales, West...Read More
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Upon his graduation in 1988, West secured his first film role as a German aristocrat in Reunion. Although the film was critically well-received, it was largely unseen, and West subsequently did most of his work on television. His acclaimed performance in Howards End, for which he earned a British Academy Award nomination, gave him both greater respect and recognition. He went on to appear in a number of films of varying quality, doing particularly notable work in Persuasion (1995), Carrington (1995), and Jane Eyre (1996). He parodied the sort of period dramas in which he had made his name with his role as an upper-crust prig in Stiff Upper Lips in 1998, and that same year he finally broke through to modern dress in the Canadian film Rupert's Land, earning a Genie nomination for his portrayal of a clean-cut lawyer reluctantly dragged on an odyssey across the wilds of British Columbia. The following year, he was back in breeches and a frock coat for his bit part in Notting Hill, and that same year he could be seen taking to the sea in the popular British miniseries, Horatio Hornblower.
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This series is yet another example of the tremendous range of actor, Samuel West, who portrays the schizophrenic son of John Thaw (Stanley Duke). Those of you who still only know him as Major E. or as Leonard Bast in Howards End would find his performance here quite surprising. He is truly psychotic and deranged, and yet one feels not loathing but pity and empathy. Bouquets all around.
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SAMUEL WEST (William Elliot) is best known for playing the ill-fated Leonard Bast in Merchant Ivory's "Howards End." He is soon to be seen in Christopher Hampton's "Carrington," with his "Howards End" costar Emma Thompson, and ... appeared in "Reunion," with Jason Robards.
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Dealer’s Choice is the latest Chocolate Factory production to transfer into the West End, following recent successes with the musicals Sunday In The Park With George and Little Shop Of Horrors. It is booking at Trafalgar Studio 1 until 29 March 2008.
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