Simon Scardifield

Simon Scardifield[1][2] 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. He was nominated for a UK Theatre Award in 2013, in the Best Performance category.[3] Notable work as an actor includes Edward Hall's Propellor / Old Vic production of The Taming of the Shrew in 2007,[4] Laurence Boswell's adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Double in 2012,[5][6] Boswell's 2013 production of Lope de Vega's Punishment Without Revenge[7] and Helena Kaut-Howson's Sons Without Fathers, a new version of Chekhov's Platonov, in 2013.[8] His writing credits include Ubykh which aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2012, and adaptations Danton's Death and Aeschylus' The Oresteia for BBC Radio 3 (2012 and 2014).[9] He has translated plays from French, Spanish and German for The Royal Court, The National Theatre, The Almeida, The RSC, The Young Vic and The Donmar Warehouse. He was responsible for the French and German dialect work with the London West End cast of War Horse. He is the voice of Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series audiobooks.

He is currently playing Francisco in Maria Aberg's RSC production of John Webster's revenge tragedy The White Devil at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.[10]

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