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What Shakespeare role which you haven't played would you love to do?
Interviews - Bruce Kitchener
Bruce Kitchener
Role: Lucius
You're incredibly prolific in your Shakespeare work on stage (both comedy and tragedy), what gets you excited about acting Shakespeare on film?
In some ways the stage seems ill equipped to deal with many of the themes in Shakespeare's plays. Epic battles are followed by intimate encounters and large-scale ensemble scenes. Film offers a broader canvas and more complex palette.
What do you take away from the story of “Timon of Athens” - Misanthropos?
Interviews - Saul Marron
Saul Marron
Role: Hortensius
What Shakespeare role, which you haven't played, would you love to do?
Iago from "Othello" has always been my dream role. I love getting to play villains and in this case he is such a clever man who gets what he wants by simply whispering in someone's ear and stepping back to watch the chaos unfold. Evil but subtle with it.
Now you're a main player in the West End smash hit "Sh*tfaced Shakespeare". Would you love to do a drunken version of Timon of Athens?
Interviews - Tim Barton
Tim Burton
Role: II Councillor
What's the best Shakespeare performance you've seen?
Best Shakespeare performance I've seen... Emma Jay as Rosalind in "As You Like It". This was in 1999, and it was an open-air summer tour. I was in the cast, so I saw her in rehearsal, and was on stage with her some of the time. I've since seen it done by the RSC at Stratford-upon-Avon, and was involved with another production of it, but neither of those Rosalind’s were as good.
You're incredibly well travelled, you've been to some of the most exotic places in the world, from riding the railways in India, to the beaches of Australia, travelling north of the Arctic Circle and backpacking across Peru. How does your experiences of so many different cultures and locations influence understand the psyche of the characters you play?
Interviews - Connor Lee Dye
Connor Lee Dye
Role: Soldier II
What's the best Shakespeare performance you've seen?
RSC's performance of "Henry V". Alex Hassell playing the title role. His ability to bring such emotional depth at the height of battle, and truth behind the character, made the show and his performance was unforgettable. He took such a demanding role and forge his own character interpretation, making it captivating for all who watched. Magnificent.
What Shakespeare role (which you haven't played) would you love to do?
Interviews - Daniel Johns
Daniel Johns
Role: III Councillor
What's the best Shakespeare performance you've seen?
Peter Brook/Paul Schofield's "King Lear" and Glenda Jackson's "Lear." Schofield was the first time I'd ever seen Lear on stage and it was such an illuminating production, not only with Schofield, but people like Irene Worth and Diana Rigg. I cannot say which was better. Schofield had such a beauty of verse, but Jackson had this over-reacting frailty, and very unusual (but wonderful) readings of the texts.
Did you have any experience with "Timon of Athens" before this project?
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