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I have grown up loving Shakespeare.

Shakespeare is where I live. I adore him.

Shakespeare is definitely my first love.

I had always wanted to retell a Shakespeare play. It was an ambition from college days. But in order to be able to do it... the circumstances in my life didn't come together for a long time.

I like Shakespeare. I like some of his work a lot.

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.

I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.

I went to drama school for three years, and the whole thing there is that hopefully you are introduced to a man called William Shakespeare who is the greatest of all time of all storytelling.

I'm a big lover of Shakespeare. In fact, the only plays that I've ever done professionally in New York have been Shakespearian.