Sam Walters (director)

For those of a similar name, see Samuel Walters (disambiguation) and Sam Waters (disambiguation).

Sam Walters
MBE
Walters, 27 August 2009
Born1939[1]
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Spouse(s)Auriol Smith, married 1964
ChildrenTwo daughters: Dorcas Walters, Octavia Walters

Sam Walters MBE (born 11 October 1939) is a British theatre director who retired in 2014 as artistic director of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London. He has also directed in the West End and at Ipswich, Canterbury and Greenwich, as well as at LAMDA, RADA and Webber Douglas. After 42 years Walters, the United Kingdom's longest-serving artistic director,[2] and his wife and associate director, Auriol Smith, stepped down from their posts at the Orange Tree Theatre in June 2014.[3]

  1. ^ Dennis Kennedy (2010). The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199574193. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  2. ^ Tim Masters (23 August 2011). "Sam Walters on the Orange Tree's 40 fruitful years". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Walters steps down at Orange Tree". BBC News. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.