Sam Wanamaker
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the Sam Wanamaker and the Reconstruction of the
Globe Theatre in London, England
Sam Wanamaker
Sam Wanamaker has taken a
place in the history of London as the American actor and
director who was instrumental in the building of a replica
of the Globe Theatre in London.
Short Biography of
the life of Sam Wanamaker
The following biography information
provides basic biography with interesting facts and information about
the life Sam Wanamaker:
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Nationality - American
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Lifespan: 1919 - 1993
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Sam Wanamaker was born June
14, 1919 in Chicago
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Education: attended Drake
University, Iowa
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Trained as an actor at the
Goodman Theatre in Chicago
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Military Service: U.S.
Army between 1943-1946
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Career: Actor and Director
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Family: Married Charlotte
Holland in 1940. They had three daughters called Abby, Jessica & the
actress Zoe Wanamaker
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In
1949 Sam Wanamaker visited the site and the remains of the old
Globe
Theatre. He was dismayed to find that only a plaque on the wall of a brewery commemorated the
famous theatre
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Set up home in England after
becoming blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee
during the McCarthy witch-hunts after filming Mr. Denning Drives North
in 1950
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Appointed director of the
New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, in 1957
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He joined the Shakespeare
Memorial Theatre company at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1959
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In 1969 Sam Wanamaker
started actively campaigning to reconstruct a replica of the original
Globe theatre used by William Shakespeare
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In 1970 Sam Wanamaker
established the "Globe Playhouse Trust" as an educational charity, in
order to raise funds to build a replica of the original Elizabethan
Globe theatre.
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He directed works included
in the Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations in 1974
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In 1991 construction work
began on building the foundations of the New Globe theatre in London
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In 1993 construction work
began on the Globe theatre structure
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In 1993 the first
performance at the new Globe theatre is made by the Bremer Shakespeare
Company after the temporary stage is dedicated by Sir John Gielgud
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Sam Wanamaker was awarded a
CBE in early 1993
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Sam Wanamaker died at the
age of 74 on December 18, 1993 of prostrate cancer in London
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On June 12 1997 Her Majesty
the Queen, accompanied by HRH Prince Philip, inaugurated the new Globe
Theatre
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On May 7th 2003 Zoe
Wannamaker received a Southwark Blue Plaque award on behalf of her
father which was unveiled outside the new Globe theater on13th June
2003
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Famous for: Sam Wanamaker
starred in and directed numerous films and TV series. His most famous
film roles were Judgment in Berlin (1988), Superman IV: The Quest for
Peace (1987), Private Benjamin (1980), Death on the Nile (1978) and
Taras Bulba (1962)
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He will forever be
remembered in England for being instrumental in building the New Globe
Theatre in London. Its reconstruction was a replica of the original
Globe Theatre of William Shakespeare
Sam Wanamaker
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