Simon Russell Beale: it's fine to take liberties with Shakespeare by Dalya Alberge

Acclaimed actor says we shouldn't be purists about the text " as long as it still makes coherent, emotional senseMany regard him as the greatest classical actor of his generation, with King Lear and Hamlet among his acclaimed Shakespearean roles. But, despite his reverence for the Bard, Simon Russell Beale argues against a puritanical approach to his texts, suggesting that they should be seen as blueprints. Shakespea…

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