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Sir Antony Sher revisit the mental, physical and personal challenges of both preparing for and performing some of the most demanding roles in the Shakespearean repertoire.
Audio podcast. Sue MacGregor talks to actor Antony Sher about how he approached playing Lear, which he chronicled in his book, Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries.
Sue MacGregor talks to Antony Sher and Greg Doran about their stage work together and their shared passion for Shakespeare. Over the last two decades the actor and director have collaborated on ten shows...
A six-part radio series in which Robert Cushman presents his views of the British theatre between 1973-1984 when he was drama critic on The Observer. Episode 2 looks at actors and includes performance...
Radio broadcast. Antony Sher reads from ‘The Year of the Fat Knight’, his account of rehearsing and performing the role of Falstaff in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2014 production of Henry IV Parts...
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1982 production of King Lear. Directed by Adrian Noble with Michael Gambon as Lear and Antony Sher as the Fool.
The first of two programmes in which two directors from both sides of the Atlantic (Adrian Noble and Peter Sellars) use workshops to explore their personal visions of Shakespeare’s plays. In part 1 Adrian...
Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2016 production of King Lear directed by Gregory Doran with Antony Sher in the title role.
Television arts documentary series. Marking the 400th anniversary of Othello, the programme explores interpretations and performance history of the play. Includes extracts from the Royal Shakespeare...
Radio play written by Stephen Wakelam. It is 1607, business is going well but Shakespeare (Sher) urgently needs a collaborator for his latest work. His daughter (Longworth) is about to marry and his brother...
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