On 21st February, I led a class on Shakespeare for Leicester University’s International Office to a number of international visitors. The class was built around a potent combination that I have discussed before – Shakespeare in Love and the 2009 Hamlet – which gave me an opportunity to reignite my flame for film, play and performance. Continue reading »
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“A Mirror Up To Nature”: Hamlet (2009)
Despite largely avoiding Shakespeare at undergraduate level, I taught Hamlet to first-year undergraduates in a very nervous first term in Geneva. This 2009 production alerted me not only to the skills I have picked up since, but also a new sense of seeing theatre. Continue reading »