John Barton obituary by Michael Kustow

A leading light in performing Shakespeare whose own plays were inspired by classical Greek dramaThrough his work as a director, and above all as a teacher, John Barton, who has died aged 89, changed the way we play and hear Shakespeare. His editing and literary carpentering restored neglected Shakespeare plays to the theatrical canon. He was a dramaturg, a literary manager, before the term was imported from the theat…

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