Soap Box Debate: Is Shakespeare a Millstone Around the Neck?

SHAKESPEARE: THE HISTORY PLAYS (1/2) Michael Boyd, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, talks to Heather Neill about the great cycle of eight history plays, and especially Richard II and Henry IV parts one and two (Courtyard Theatre, S...

SHAKESPEARE: THE HISTORY PLAYS (2/2) As the RSC's monumental Histories cycle nears the end of its run at the Roundhouse in London, its master-planner talks to Heather Neill about the company's awfully big adventure. Also: listen to the first part of ...

ON TRAGEDY Michael Boyd, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, outlines the thinking behind the company's new 'Tragedy' season to Dominic Cavendish.

INTERVIEW: JONATHAN SLINGER The actor, who made his name appearing at the Royal Shakespeare Company, especially in substantial roles in the Histories - Richard II and Richard III - talks to Heather Neill about his greatest challenge to-date, playing ...