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Answer: One of the things that, you know, is, has become very important in contemporary Shakespeare productions is for the language not to be a sort of declamatory, [sound of traffic noises], so that it's, you know, great arm waving, you know, plumy voices talking to the gods. And to find a balance between that and something that is more akin to actors working in an intimate space and that's why, you know, the Donmar or the Other Place, The Roundhouse, you know, The Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court, you know the smaller venues, become the more attractive because the intimacy, the immediacy, is incredibly potentÕ?so whenever I've worked on Shakespeare productions in the large venues a lot of the energy has gone into how do you turn this environment into somewhere that's more intimate at certain moments, so that you can really close down and have just , you know, one actor giving you his mind, thoughts of the character. You know, other moments opening out to allow for, you know in the case of Henry IV or something, you know, great battle sequences or Õ? so, you know, a huge preoccupation with finding the reality in the middle of Shakespeare productions, particularly, with the histories or the darker plays that has more, an immediate, you know an immediacy for an audience as opposed to a distancing and rather esoteric, you know. So yeah, I mean I have been involved in a lot of, especially with Trevor, in trying to make theatres like doing the wooden O thing with Chris for Stratford to try and make that auditorium, you know, more intimate. |
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DS_16_05_02 (2xmini DV tape) |
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This clip may be used for educational purposes only, any commercial use of this material requires permission from the copyright holders. Misuse or misrepresentation may result in legal action. Copyright holder: Christie Carson, COMPH, Royal Holloway University of London. |
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2 minutes 14.14 seconds |
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