Actors & Writers London: Harry Saks

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Harry Saks trained at RADA. His many television appearances include Silent Witness, The Bill, Eastenders, Bramwell, Casualty and many more stretching right back to Z Cars and Man About The House.

Height: 5' 11"

Hair colour: Dark Brown

Eye colour: Hazel

Accents: Cockney, Devon, London, New York, Northern, RP

Playing age: 50-60

Music: Light Baritone
Other: Car, Motorbyke, Cycle, Qualified Driving Instructor, Lorry up to 3½ Tons, Vans

On stage he has worked at the Royal Court, the Soho Poly, and the King's Head, as well as numerous regional theatres. Harry Saks is also a playwright. His stage plays include Public Hero (which received its first reading at awl in April 2003); Purple Haze and Suburban Tuesday.

Agent: Acting Associates
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Production	Role	Director	Company / Venue

As director:
The Bear and the Proposal		Canal Cafe Theatre
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea		Keep Theatre, Cardiff
Scroungers (also written by Harry Saks)		Onion Shed, Camberwell
Leargame (adapted from Shakespeare)		Oval House
Revelations (devised, researched and co-directed)		Orange Tree Theatre
Daisy Pulls It Off (performed by senior students of Italia Conti)		Guildford Festival, Electric Theatre
Three of his plays: Purple Haze, Over Exposed and Suburban Tuesday		Riverside Studios (Rehearsed public readings)
As actor:
A Kind Of Alaska	Hornby	Benjamin Henson	The Pleasance
Runners - The Return	Dr Ralph	David Mercatali	Edinburgh Festival
Paint Over	Richard Dennis MP	David Mercatali	Blue Elephant Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace	Teddy Brewster	Clare Malcolmson	Leatherhead Theatre
Bedroom Farce	Ernest	Clare Malcolmson	Leatherhead Theatre
Confusions	Arthur	Sally McCormack	Leatherhead Theatre
Romeo & Juliet	Friar Laurence	Martin Gilmour	Westminster Theatre
The Sutton Hoo Mob	Phillips	Ivan Cutting	Eastern Angles
Gaslight	Inspector Rough	Chris Martin	New Vic, Newcastle Under Lyme
Hay Fever	Richard	Bob Eaton	New Vic, Newcastle Under Lyme
Of Mice and Men	Slim	Bob Eaton	New Vic, Newcastle Under Lyme
A Doll's House	Dr Rank	Keith Drinkel	Salisbury Playhouse
Revelations	Beckman	Jack Shepherd	Orange Tree
Women Beware Women	Sordido	Gordon McDougal	Oxford Playhouse
Carnival War	Doug	Antonia Bird	Royal Court
The Cherry Orchard	Gaev	Mike Alfreds	Roundhouse
Supervacuo	The Revenger's Tragedy	Peter Lichtenfels	Liverpool Playhouse
Quantrill in Lawrence	Major Blood	Roland Rees	ICA
Miss Julie	Jean	Ian McKeand	Great Eastern Stage
Sawn Off at the Knees	Lead	Chris Wilkinson	Crucible Sheffield
The Lion in Winter	Geoffrey	James Tomlinson	Keswick Theatre
Stevie	The Man	Andrew McKinnon	Perth Theatre
Hamlet	Laertes	Michael Bogdanov	Leicester
The Tempest	Ferdinand	Michael Bogdanov	Leicester
Richard III	Richmond	Michael Bogdanov	Leicester
The Lesson	The Professor	Ollie Snowball	Baron's Court Theatre

Crimewatch	Christopher Downs		BBC 1
Silent Witness	Fire Officer Winch	David Thacker	BBC 1
Branwell	Andrew	Paul Unwin	Carlton
Eastenders	Signwriter	Stephen Moore	BBC 1
The Bill	Eddie Watson	Laurence Moody	Thames
Till Death Us Do Part	QC	Terry Kelherer	Channel 4
Casualty	Paul	Jane Perry	BBC 1
A Safe House	Detective Jeremy	Moira Armstrong	BBC 2
Gems	Mr Weekes	Jane Howell	Thames
The Bill	Businessman	Mary McMurray	Thames
CATS Eyes	DC Roberts	Terry Marcell	TVS
Freud	Alois Pick	Moira Armstrong	BBC 2
Airline	Detective Sergeant Winnick	Michael Ferguson	Yorkshire
Secret Army	Corporal	T De Vere Cole	BBC 1
Target	George	David Wickes	BBC 1

Since 1998 (ongoing) Harry Saks has worked with Courtyard Theatre Training (principal June Abbott) as tutor in acting, classical texts and improvisation for main course students, post graduates and directors. He has made particular studies of the work of Stanislavski and Brechtian theatre. Other specialisms include improvisation technique based on the teachings of Keith Johnstone and an exploration of the rehearsal method of Mike Alfreds: an approach towards a physical performance. Harry Saks' work includes coaching and preparation for all grades of the Guildhall Drama exams. He is currently teaching drama at The London Drama School. He was a drama teacher at the Italia Conti Academy from 1995-97 and previously a part-time drama teacher with Stagecoach Performing Arts (1996-97). Recent readings of Harry Saks' work by awl include: Love at the Confetti Club Prince of Fake Public Hero His short play Blondes Have More Fun was performed as part of the "Crackers" competition night in December 2004. Directing at awl includes: November 1952 by Brian Spink Loneliness...Loneliness by Elizabeth Gamberoni Realife TV by Ian Buckley Life is for Living by Michael Johnson Artful Occupation by Ian Buckley The Lost Ones by Brian Spink Cissy's Thoughts on the Hereafter by Elizabeth Gamberoni Portrait of Eduardo by Elizabeth Gamberoni Loyalty by Elizabeth Gamberoni Acting credits with awl include: Purbeck/The Abbot in Warden Pie by Penny Culliford Sluf in Hero's Engine by Chanione Webb Joshua Hobson in The First Monday in June by Tom Cunliffe & Mary Piercy Sir James Hastings Prothero and Home Secretary in Stranger from Afar by Bob Braithwaite Tony Bromley in Departure Lounge by Andrew Syers Tariq in By the Rivers of Babylon by Peter Sutton Zack Manners in Y-Fronts by Max India 'Captain' Forbes-Phillipps in England's Hall by Michael Johnson Bishop Robert in Church Outing by Howard Hale Tom Richards in Don't Look Too Deep by Gareth Pilkington D S Price in Joe Orton's Last Laugh by Robert Eddison and Robert J Francis Peter Swallow and other parts in Turn of the Century by James Sherriffs Mr Hissop in Lifestyles by Lesley North. He took part in awl's first public showcase at Bullion Room Theatre, Hackney Empire, in November 2003, playing Grampy in Going South by Anthony Wilson Dugdale. Harry was an awl Committee Member from May to August 2006.

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