Audio: Actors and Performers
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Paapa Essiedu on his Ghanaian-influenced Hamlet at the RSC
26th May 2016
INTERVIEW: PAAPA ESSIEDU. Heather Neill talks to the up-and-coming actor about tackling the Prince of Denmark to critical acclaim in Simon Godwin̵...
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John Osborne’s ‘Look Back in Anger’ remembered, 60 years on
7th May 2016
INTERVIEW: CORAL ATKINS. The former actress, best known for the ITV series A Family at War, looks back at the Royal Court premiere run of John Osborne...
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Actress Naomi Frederick on The Heresy of Love at Shakespeare’s Globe
26th August 2015
INTERVIEW: NAOMI FREDERICK. The actress, currently starring as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz – Mexico’s celebrated 17th-century playwright ...
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RSC Special: director Justin Audibert on The Jew of Malta
22nd April 2015
DIRECTOR’S TALK: JUSTIN AUDIBERT The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Jew of Malta talks to RSC Events Coordinator Nicky Cox about ...
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Guildhall School teacher Ken Rea talks about the essentials of acting
1st April 2015
INTERVIEW: KEN REA Senior acting teacher at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama talks to Heather Neill about his new book, The Outstan...
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Filter theatre company explores the sounds and fury of Macbeth
9th March 2015
INTERVIEW: FERDY ROBERTS and TOM HAINES Filter theatre company’s director Ferdy Roberts, who also plays the title role, and Tom Haines, composer/mus...
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Actors William Hope and Burt Caesar chat about Jefferson’s Garden
13th February 2015
INTERVIEW: WILLIAM HOPE and BURT CAESAR Two actors (Hope plays the title role and Caesar plays James, his cook, born into slavery) in Timberlake Werte...
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RSC Special: director Phillip Breen on The Shoemaker’s Holiday
13th February 2015
DIRECTOR’S TALK: PHILLIP BREEN The director of the Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday (Royal Shakespeare Company) talks to writer and broad...
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Super star Juliet Stevenson returns to Beckett’s Happy Days
16th January 2015
INTERVIEW: JULIET STEVENSON The actor talks to Heather Neill about her performance as Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days (1961), set to return to...
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