{{short description|British actor and playwright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Simon Scardifield'''<ref>*[https://simonscardifield.com Simon Scardifield website]</ref><ref>*[http://www.rebeccablond.com/rb-client/simon%20scardifield/ Simon Scardifield Acting CV]</ref> is a British actor and playwright who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and with Philippe Gaulier, after reading Modern Languages at St John's College, Cambridge.
Scardifield was nominated for a UK Theatre Award in 2013, in the Best Performance category.<ref>*[https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/uk-theatre-awards-2013-reveals-nominations/ UK Theatre Awards 2013 Nominations - The Stage]</ref> Notable work as an actor includes Edward Hall's Propellor / Old Vic production of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' in 2007,<ref>*[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/theater/reviews/20brantley.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Taming of the Shrew review - The New York Times]</ref> Laurence Boswell's adaptation of Dostoevsky's ''The Double'' in 2012,<ref>*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9738223/The-Double-Ustinov-Studio-Bath-review.html The Double review - The Telegraph]</ref><ref>*[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/02/the-double-bath-review-dostoevsky The Double review - The Observer]</ref> Boswell's production of Lope de Vega's ''Punishment Without Revenge''<ref>*[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/21/punishment-without-revenge-review Punishment Without Revenge review - The Guardian]</ref> in 2013, Helena Kaut-Howson's ''Sons Without Fathers'' (a new version of Chekhov's Platonov) in 2013,<ref>*[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/theatre-review-sons-without-fathers-arcola-theatre-london-8612124.html Sons Without Fathers review - The Independent]</ref> Maria Aberg's RSC production of John Webster's revenge tragedy ''The White Devil'' at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2014,<ref>* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/11018611/The-White-Devil-RSC-Swan-Stratford-upon-Avon-review-searing.html The White Devil review - The Telegraph]</ref> Guy Jones' production of Joe White's acclaimed debut ''Mayfly'' at the Orange Tree Theatre in 2018.<ref>*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/mayfly-review-orange-tree-theatre-richmond-a-warm-wise-sad/ Mayfly review – The Telegraph]</ref><ref>*[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/24/mayfly-review-orange-tree-theatre-richmond-joe-white Mayfly review – The Guardian]</ref> and ''As You Like It'' at Shakespeare's Globe in 2019. He is also the voice of Robert Muchamore's bestselling CHERUB series audiobooks.
Scardifield's writing credits include ''Ubykh'' which aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2012, adaptations of ''Danton's Death'' and Aeschylus' ''The Oresteia'' for BBC Radio 3 (2012 and 2014), an adaptation of Arthur Koestler's ''Darkness at Noon'' for BBC Radio 4 (2017).,<ref>*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nsb71 BBC Drama on 3 - Simon Scardifield on writing Agamemnon]</ref> an original play ''Also Sprach Zarathustra'' co-written with Andrew Day (2020), and an adaptation of Alfred Döblin's avant-garde novel ''Berlin Alexanderplatz'' to air in 2021 as the culmination of BBC R4's ''Electric Decade'' season. He has translated plays from French, Spanish and German for the Royal Court, the National Theatre, the Almeida, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Young Vic and the Donmar Warehouse, and was responsible for the French and German dialect work with the London West End cast of ''War Horse''. In 2017 he directed and co-wrote ''Shakespeare, Where Are You?'', a show for young audiences staged at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe.
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==External links== *[https://simonscardifield.com Simon Scardifield website] *[http://www.rebeccablond.com/rb-client/simon%20scardifield/ Simon Scardifield Acting CV] *{{IMDb name|0769128}} *[https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/uk-theatre-awards-2013-reveals-nominations/ UK Theatre Awards 2013 Nominations - The Stage] *[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/theater/reviews/20brantley.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Taming of the Shrew review - The New York Times] *[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9738223/The-Double-Ustinov-Studio-Bath-review.html The Double review - The Telegraph] *[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/02/the-double-bath-review-dostoevsky The Double review - The Observer] *[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/21/punishment-without-revenge-review Punishment Without Revenge review - The Guardian] *[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/theatre-review-sons-without-fathers-arcola-theatre-london-8612124.html Sons Without Fathers review - The Independent] *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nsb71 BBC Drama on 3 - Simon Scardifield on writing Agamemnon] *[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/11018611/The-White-Devil-RSC-Swan-Stratford-upon-Avon-review-searing.html The White Devil review - The Telegraph] *[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/mayfly-review-orange-tree-theatre-richmond-a-warm-wise-sad/ Mayfly review – The Telegraph] *[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/24/mayfly-review-orange-tree-theatre-richmond-joe-white Mayfly review – The Guardian]
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