Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Sam Mendes across 5 places, from 1965 to 2017.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British filmmaker and stage director.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Sam Mendes is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Sam Mendes was documented, and when
1 August 1965exact date
Reading, Berkshireattested“Mendes was born on 1 August 1965 in Reading, Berkshire.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
1976year
Woodstock, Oxfordshireattested“In 1976, the family relocated to Woodstock near Oxford, where Mendes's mother found work as a senior editor at Oxford University Press.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
1976year
Oxfordattested“In 1976, the family relocated to Woodstock near Oxford, where Mendes's mother found work as a senior editor at Oxford University Press.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
1997year
Lord'sattested“He also played cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club, and in 1997 played for Shipton-under-Wychwood in the final of the Village Cricket Cup, the only winner of the Academy Award for Best Director to have played at Lord's.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
January 2017month
Londonattested“Mendes also directed the 2013 Olivier Award-nominated stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which ran in London's West End until January 2017.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
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1977 to 2009period
Switzerlandmentioned“In 2009, Mendes signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
1987year
Chichester Festival Theatrementioned“After graduating from Cambridge in 1987, Mendes was hired as assistant director at the Chichester Festival Theatre.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
1987year
Cambridgementioned“After graduating from Cambridge in 1987, Mendes was hired as assistant director at the Chichester Festival Theatre.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
1989year
Chichestermentioned“In 1989, following the abrupt departure of director Robin Phillips, Mendes took over a production of Dion Boucicault's London Assurance at Chichester.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
2014year
Royal National Theatrementioned“In 2014, Mendes directed Simon Russell Beale in King Lear by William Shakespeare at the National Theatre, London.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
2019year
Park Avenue Armorymentioned“In 2019 the play played a season at the Park Avenue Armory in New York before returning for another London season in the West End.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
2019year
New Yorkmentioned“In 2019 the play played a season at the Park Avenue Armory in New York before returning for another London season in the West End.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
2020year
COVID-19 pandemicmentioned“The play made its Broadway transfer in 2020 briefly but was stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”source: Wikipedia: Sam Mendes
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