Sinéad Cusack: How Jeremy Irons helped me sneak into the RSC by Sinéad Cusack

I led a fairly rackety life but was always serious about acting. At Stratford, in As You Like It, I got my first laugh in ShakespeareI started out as one of the worst Shakespearean actors " I was a joyless Juliet and the dourest Desdemona. I believed you had to respect Shakespeare, that you couldn't crack a smile, that you had to stand straight, speak out loud and look very serious. I held him in such awe that I wasn…

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