From the category archives:

Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

129 post(s)

Royal Shakespeare Company special: Maria Ahberg on As You Like It

2 May 2013

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

DIRECTOR’S TALK: MARIA AHBERG The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of As You Like It in conversation with RSC Events Coordinator Nicky Cox, discusses her approach to the production, including working with singer-songwriter Laura Marling, and how her cast deployed condoms and cous cous in rehearsals.

Edward Petherbridge and Paul Hunter examine My Perfect Mind

29 April 2013

in Actors and Performers, Playwrights, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: EDWARD PETHERBRIDGE and PAUL HUNTER The two performers of My Perfect Mind, a Told by an Idiot show, written by Kathryn Hunter, Paul Hunter and Edward Petherbridge, and currently at the Young Vic, talk to Heather Neill about the story behind the play, Petherbridge’s stroke and how he remembered the entire role of King Lear despite his illness.

One to watch: director Bruce Guthrie stages Othello in Singapore

17 April 2013

in Directors, International, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: BRUCE GUTHRIE The young director, who was Sam Mendes’s associate on Richard III in 2011, talks to Mary Mazzilli about his current production of Shakespeare’s Othello, part of Singapore’s Shakespeare in the Park season, and about what it is like to work in Singapore.

Royal Shakespeare Company special: David Farr on Hamlet

8 April 2013

in Design, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

DIRECTOR’S TALK: DAVID FARR The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Hamlet in conversation with journalist Paul Allen. They discuss why Hamlet is still a student at the age of 30, why Gertrude remarries in the play and answer audience questions about the set for this production and how Farr chose what parts of Shakespeare’s text to cut.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Othello

10 March 2013

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Site Specific, Theatre buildings, Theatre People

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: OTHELLO Director Suba Das tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of Othello, which he directed as a “site specific horror experience” at the Rose Theatre, Bankside, in 2011. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s series for 2012-2014, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Royal Shakespeare Company special: Lucy Bailey on The Winter’s Tale

27 February 2013

in Design, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

DIRECTOR’S TALK: LUCY BAILEY The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2013 production of The Winter’s Tale. Talking to RSC events co-ordinator Nicky Cox and taking questions from the audience, Bailey explains why she was reluctant to direct The Winter’s Tale and what made her change her mind. She also talks about the differences between Sicilia and Bohemia in the play, and about how she chose her fool. Following its run in Stratford, The Winter’s Tale is going on a UK tour to Milton Keynes, York, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Hull and Stoke.

Martin Parr’s cutdown Hamlet at the site of the Elizabethan Rose theatre

12 February 2013

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre buildings

SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET Director Martin Parr talks to Heather Neill about his radically abbreviated Hamlet, which is being performed at the archaeological site of the Elizabethan Rose theatre on London’s Southbank. With a running time of 90 minutes and a handful of actors, this is billed as a most intense and dramatic version of the play.

Farah Karim-Cooper explores Renaissance indoor theatre at the Globe

23 January 2013

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre buildings

INTERVIEW: FARAH KARIM-COOPER The head of research at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London talks to Heather Neill about the venue’s new indoor theatre space, the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, and about indoor performance during the Renaissance.

Director Phyllida Lloyd introduces her all-female Julius Caesar

20 December 2012

in Directors, Feminism, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: JULIUS CAESAR The renowned director Phyllida Lloyd talks to Heather Neill about her acclaimed all-female version of Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse), whose cast includes Frances Barber, Jenny Jules, Cush Jumbo and Harriet Walter.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: The Winter’s Tale

18 December 2012

in Directors, Playwrights, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre People

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: THE WINTER’S TALE Director Lucy Bailey tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of The Winter’s Tale, which she is currently rehearsing for the RSC Winter Season, opening in Stratford-upon-Avon in January 2013. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Dramaturg Zoe Svendsen discusses the Young Vic production of The Changeling

13 December 2012

in Directors, Physical and Visual theatre, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

INTERVIEW: ZOE SVENDSEN The dramaturg of Joe Hill-Gibbins’s exciting production of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling (which returns to the Young Vic after opening in February this year) talks to Heather Neill about this vivid theatre event.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Pericles

10 December 2012

in Children's Theatre, Directors, Outdoors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: PERICLES

Natalie Abrahami, Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of Pericles, which she directed for the Regents Park Open Air Theatre in 2011. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Much Ado About Nothing

14 October 2012

in Comedy, Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Iqbal Khan tells Sophie Reynolds about his Indian-inspired production for the RSC, currently playing at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Actor Michael Pennington talks about playing Antony and about his latest book

30 September 2012

in Actors and Performers, Books, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre People

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL PENNINGTON The actor talks to Heather Neill about playing Antony in Janet Suzman’s current revival of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and about his latest book, Sweet William: Twenty Thousand Hours with Shakespeare (Nick Hern).

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Antony and Cleopatra

30 September 2012

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Actor Michael Pennington discusses the first act of the play, in which he is playing Antony in Janet Suzman’s current revival at Chichester Festival Theatre, with Heather Neill. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Twelfth Night

6 September 2012

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: TWELFTH NIGHT Director Tim Carroll discusses the first act of the play, which he is currently directing for Shakespeare’s Globe with Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry, with Sophie Reynolds. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: As You Like It

3 September 2012

in Directors, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

2 Comments

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: AS YOU LIKE IT Director James Dacre, who recently staged the play at Shakespeare’s Globe, discusses the first act with Sophie Reynolds. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Actor Madhav Sharma tackles Much Ado About Nothing

1 September 2012

in Actors and Performers, Asian Voices, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Actor Madhav Sharma talks to Suman Bhuchar about his performance as Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, which is set in Delhi and directed by Iqbal Khan for the RSC as part of the World Shakespeare Festival.

Simon Russell Beale talks about his star performance as Timon

31 August 2012

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Theatre People

1 Comment

SHAKESPEARE: TIMON OF ATHENS Simon Russell Beale, who plays the lead role in Nicholas Hytner’s current production at the National Theatre, part of the World Shakespeare Festival, talks to Heather Neill about the play and the production.

Shakespeare’s First Acts: Timon of Athens

31 August 2012

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST ACTS: TIMON OF ATHENS Simon Russell Beale, currently playing the lead in Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed modern spin on the play at the National Theatre, discusses the first act with Heather Neill. This interview is part of theatreVOICE’s new series for Olympics year 2012, looking at the beginning of each of Shakespeare’s plays.

Actor Jamie Parker plays Henry V at Shakespeare’s Globe

23 August 2012

in Actors and Performers, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

SHAKESPEARE: HENRY V Actor Jamie Parker talks to Heather Neill about the challenges of playing the title role in Henry V, directed by Dominic Dromgoole at Shakespeare’s Globe, and on the different attitudes to war in Shakespeare’s time and our own.

More Results →