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 the 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 the Shakespeare's Globe and named after Sam Wanamaker, the theatre's founder.
Winners 2026 – Al Pacino, actor 2025 – Darren Raymond, theatre educator and co-founder of the Intermission Youth Theatre initiative, which "provides training in Shakespearian drama to young people at risk of offending or exclusion" 2024 – Farah Karim-Cooper, academic 2022 – Joseph Marcell, actor (awarded in 2023 due to COVID-19 restrictions) 2019 – Diana Devlin 2018 – Thelma Holt 2017 – 25 Globe volunteers"Sam Wanamaker Award 2017" , Shakespeare's Globe, 1 June 2017. 2016 – Gordon McMullan, professor of English at King's College London, founder of "Shakespeare 400" quatercentenary celebrations."Brains behind Shakespeare 400 wins Sam Wanamaker Award", The Stage, 6 June 2016. 2015 – Christopher Plummer, actor"Christopher Plummer wins the 2015 Sam Wanamaker award", The Stage, 17 June 2015. 2014 – Ralph Alan Cohen, co-founder of the American Shakespeare Center"ASC co-founder honored", The News Leader, 16 June 2014. 2013 – Michael Sydney Perry, British business executive 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
See also Ian Charleson Awards Shakespeare's Globe Sam Wanamaker
References
External links Shakespeare's Globe - Sam Wanamaker Award