Proms interval talk: Shakespeare - Actors and Acting
Michael Pennington is a leading Shakespeare actor who co-founded the English Shakespeare Company with director Michael Bogdanov and has performed at theatres across the world. He is the author of several books about Shakespeare's plays - the most recent of which is King Lear in Brooklyn. He also performs a solo Shakespeare show Sweet William. He is interviewed by Dr Sarah Dillon from the University of Cambridge and one of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and AHRC's New Generation Thinkers.
Part of a series of discussions in which leading figures explore the way Shakespeare has depicted their profession in his plays.
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Featured Artist | William Shakespeare |
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