Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Simon Callow made his stage debut in 1973 and came to prominence in a critically acclaimed performance as Mozart in the original stage production of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus at the Royal National Theatre in 1979. He is well known for a series of one-man shows that have toured internationally and featured subjects such as Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, Jesus, and Richard Wagner. Among his many film roles is the much-loved character Gareth in the hit film Four Weddings and a Funeral. Callow has simultaneously pursued careers as a director in theater and opera and is an author of several books, including Being an ActorLove Is Where It Falls, and a biography of Charles Laughton.

Series with Simon Callow

Author Contributions

Letters of Note: Grief

Letters of Note: Grief

Compiled by Shaun Usher
Letters of Note: New York City Letters of Note: Sex

Letters of Note: Sex

Shaun Usher
Letters of Note: Space Letters of Note: Dogs

Letters of Note: Dogs

Shaun Usher
Letters of Note: Fathers Letters of Note: Love

Letters of Note: Love

Shaun Usher
Letters of Note: War

Letters of Note: War

Shaun Usher
Letters of Note: Mothers Letters of Note: Cats

Letters of Note: Cats

Shaun Usher
Letters of Note: Music Tales of the Peculiar

Tales of the Peculiar

Ransom Riggs; illustrated by Andrew Davidson
The Aeneid

The Aeneid

Virgil; Translated by Robert Fagles; Introduction by Bernard Knox