Rupert Goold directs Romeo and Juliet

ESSENTIAL SHAKESPEARE CD: Romeo and Juliet (sample). Ian McKellen as Romeo and Francesca Annis as Juliet. From Act 2, Scene 2. Directed by Trevor Nunn, August 1977, Aldwych. [British Library]

INTERVIEW: MARK PUDDLE and JONATHAN BULLOCK The Lord Chamberlain’s Men is an all-male open air theatre company, named after Shakespeare’s original troupe of travelling players, that aims to present dynamic productions, mainly of his work, to venu...

SHAKESPEARE: MACBETH Rupert Goold, artistic director of Headlong theatre company, talks to Heather Neill about his highly praised Macbeth, which stars Patrick Stewart and has transferred from Chichester to the Gielgud Theatre.

DIRECTOR’S TALK: MICHAEL FENTIMAN (2/2) The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of First Encounter: The Taming of the Shrew in conversation with RSC Events Coordinator Nicky Cox. This production is a shortened version of th...