To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Threlfall speaks Prospero’s lines from The Tempest, Act …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth’s lines from Act II, Scene 1. As Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Samuel West speaks Henry V’s soliloquy from Act IV, Scene 1. O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Vanderham speaks Juliet’s monologue from the balcony sc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Eileen Atkins speaks Emilia’s lines from Othello, act IV scene…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Morrissey speaks the opening lines from Richard III in whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Roger Allam plays King Lear in act III, scene 2 of the tragedy. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AMAdrian Lester as Hamlet, David Morrissey as Richard III, Joanna Lumley as Viola, Daniel Mays as Macbeth … To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AMA new play at the National Theatre, Here We Go, takes an unflinching look at death. What would real-life carers think of it? We took a group to find out Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:09PMShe stole the show as a weightlifting Earl of Douglas in the all-female Henry IV. Now Cynthia Erivo is off to Broadway – and Jennifer Hudson is asking her for stage tipsCynthia Erivo would…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMHe’s been a terrifying Miss Trunchbull, a convincing Nick Clegg, and now, in the BBC’s Sunday-night drama, he’s a magical Jonathan Strange. Emma John meets actor Bertie Carvel Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45AMThe actor and singer, 55, on adrenaline, matching music and cooking, and getting married in a swimsuit Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMFemale comedians are finally enjoying equal billing to their male counterparts – and they’re beating them to the awards Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThe 67-year-old actor talks about being an angry old man, sugar addiction and the bane of his life, his talented young namesakeYou think wisdom will come with age – it doesn't. Just confus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMWyndham's theatre, LondonFour men entertain a woman with ghost stories in Josie O'Rourke's unsettling production of Conor McPherson's masterpieceFairy stories abound in Conor McPherson's 199…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThe actor, 52, on stage craft, what we can learn from children and why he loves being nakedActors shouldn't necessarily be able to speak intelligently about what they do. That academic intel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMEmilia Clarke is the star of Game of Thrones who wants to appear in Ibsen. Now she's appearing alongside Jude Law in one of the best films of the year. She talks to Emma John about Dom Hemin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMAmateur dramatics is the most maligned of artforms, but an attempt to restore its credibility is underway. From panto to Shakespeare, and West End productions, there's more theatrical ambiti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMTrafalgar Studios, LondonEighteen months ago, Chris Larner took his ex-wife to Switzerland. She was in the later stages of multiple sclerosis: her limbs barely functional, exhausted by just …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMTrafalgar Studios, LondonEighteen months ago, Chris Larner took his ex-wife to Switzerland. She was in the later stages of multiple sclerosis: her limbs barely functional, exhausted by just …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe actor, 50, on the government, Hollywood, and skylarksBecause of the parts I've played – Mr Knightley in Emma, Ivor Novello in Gosford Park – people probably think I'm a toff, a publi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMFor the Keeping Up Appearances star, the King James Bible is heaven and modern musicals hell"Look at it!" exclaims Patricia Routledge, pointing across the river, "it's marvellous!" The redou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMLouise Redknapp, TV presenter, 38A little bit of rock 'n' roll doesn't hurt anybody. I'll teach my kids right from wrong, but I'm never going to teach them that they can't have fun. They'll …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFor some it's a chance to unleash their inner party animal; for others it's the age at which they start to creak. But is 50 really the new 34, or is it a licence to wear elasticated waistban…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMThe comedian on writing her new series, her love of 70s comedy and her dream of winning WimbledonShe is 6ft 1in, but when Miranda Hart opens the door of her west London home she doesn't seem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSome cover their feet in glue, others slice at them with razor blades ... Emma John discovers what performing night after night does to a dancer's feet Continue reading...
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