The Sam Wanamaker Award or Sam Wanamaker Prize is an award established in 1994 for pioneering work in Shakespearean theatre, usually given to individuals...
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in the name of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the site's second theatre. He was awarded an honorary knighthood for his work. Wanamaker was born in Chicago...
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Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an American-British actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre...
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husband Mark Rylance's 1989 performance as Hamlet and shared the 2007 Sam Wanamaker Award with him and theatrical designer Jenny Tiramani. Her composing credits...
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athlete and basketball player Rodman Wanamaker (1863–1928), donor of the Wanamaker Trophy, son of John Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), American actor and movie...
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Stanley Wells (section Awards)
Wells was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Award by Shakespeare's Globe, an award given annually in the name of the Globe's founder Sam Wanamaker to celebrate...
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Diana Devlin (section Awards)
helped to create the Shakespeare's Globe theatre with her associate Sam Wanamaker. Devlin was born in Porthmadog, Wales on 1 April 1941. She studied at...
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Barrie Rutter (section Awards and honours)
has never, never dumbed Shakespeare down." In 2003 he received the Sam Wanamaker Award jointly with Stephen Unwin for their work promoting Shakespeare in...
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Wardrobe Unlock'd, as well as many other books. Arnold was awarded the inaugural Sam Wanamaker Award in 1998. After her death, the Society of Antiquaries of...
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and in British repertory theatre. He was joint winner of the 2003 Sam Wanamaker Award with Barrie Rutter, and in autumn 2003 was Judith E Wilson Visiting...
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