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Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script
The writer was advised by a man he calls 'the greatest expert on Shakespeare in the world'
- Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script
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- Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
- Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
- Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
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- Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
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