‘One audience member tried to punch an actor’: the battle to shake up Shakespeare
By Matt Trueman for The Guardian, 28 September 2015 Britain does Shakespeare brilliantly, but it mostly does Shakespeare a certain way. So much of our Shakespeare looks and sounds the same, with classical actors and perfect verse-speaking. House styles may differ but the starting point is the same: close textual analysis and a predetermined reading. That’s not to knock that approach. […]
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