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MY SHAKESPEARE - GREG DORAN GEBUNDEN

This book charts the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran  Artistic Director of the
Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022 and one of the great Shakespearians of his
generation (Sunday Times). During his illustrious career  Doran has directed or produced all of
the plays within Shakespeare's First Folio -- a milestone reached in the same year that the
world celebrates the 400th anniversary of its original publication. Each chapter looks at a
different play  considering the choices made and weaving in both autobiographical detail and
background on the RSC  as well as giving insights into key collaborations  including those with
actors such as Judi Dench  David Tennant  Harriet Walter  Patrick Stewart  Simon Russell Beale
Paterson Joseph and Doran's husband  the late Antony Sher  as well as seminal practitioners
such as Cicely Berry  John Barton and Terry Hands. The book also includes 16 striking pages
with stills from some of the RSC plays. Through Doran's account of this extraordinary journey 
we see how Henry VIII  initially regarded as a poisoned chalice  became his lucky break  how
the tragedy of 9 11 unfolded during a matinee of King John and how the language of the play
went some way in helping to articulate the unfathomable  how a RSC supporter bequeathed their
skull to the company to be used as Yorick in Hamlet  how meeting Nelson Mandela inspired the
production of Julius Caesar  how Falstaff was introduced to China for the very first time  and
how arachnophobia informed the production of Macbeth. This book uniquely captures the
excitement  energy  surprises  joys and agonies of working on these greatest of plays  sheds
new light on these plays through Doran's own research and discoveries made in the rehearsal
room  and gives unprecedented access into the craft  life and loves of this exceptional
director.

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