Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They have a natural authority in Shakespeare. They feel a right to do it. And once they honor the humanity of it, the rhythm of the verse comes with it.
From Roger Rees
It doesn't seem Shakespeare works if you turn him into a religion.
The sense of popularity in an actor is essential.
You might be the best Hamlet of your generation in the bathroom, but unfortunately, you have to come out and do it on stage, and it's best to do it to people who would fill the house.
The whole point is it's about getting as many people to come and see the play as you can.
I used to be the voice of Virgin Atlantic in America, and some people only know me for that.
If you take away a lot of the pretension and grandness from Shakespeare, a true poeticism is revealed.
The Elizabethan mind wanted and demanded that one word could mean 50 things. What Shakespeare offers us is not ambiguity; it's choices.
I'm astonished to say, but people are really pleased to hear what happened to me, the way I got a little bit more confident, the people I've met, and the things I didn't know.
History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.
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