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Gregory Doran: Why does Shakespeare still captivate us?

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How Far Do You Take Taking Richard the Third?

Arthur hughes is getting grave reviews for playing richard the third. He has radial displase in his right arm, which is very visible on the stage. And that is seen as sort of qot authentic, a real lived experience. But how far do you take that? You know, there's a real debate across ther acting and across a theatre or other forms of drama. Do you now have to have a gay person playing a gay charactter? How well a do you take lived experience, taking taking richard? The extraordinary thing about arthur's lived experience of disability - when those insults land on richard, they're not landing on an actor witha wearing a pro

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