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Stig Abell: ‘The pleasure of reading Shakespeare trumps watching his plays’

Stig Abell: ‘The pleasure of reading Shakespeare trumps watching his plays’

By Stig Abell for the Independent, 17 March 2016 This is something of a confession: I have only ever seen one performance of Shakespeare in the theatre. A startling omission for somebody set, in April, to edit the Times Literary Supplement, but one that should not – I hope – confirm me as a bearded barbarian at the gates of […]

March 20, 2016 · 0 comments · Interviews
To Read or Not to Read: Sir Ian McKellen on Shakespeare

To Read or Not to Read: Sir Ian McKellen on Shakespeare

Sir Ian McKellen: Don’t bother reading Shakespeare By Patrick Forster for The Telegraph, 27 October 2015 Reading Shakespeare is a waste of time, and people should instead celebrate our greatest playwright by watching his plays at the theatre, according to Sir Ian McKellen. In an intervention that is likely to win him fans among GCSE students across the country, but is […]

November 1, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized