The Principal Theatre Company is an award winning professional theatre company based in North London.
For this project Paul Gladwin (Joint Artistic Director) takes between 10 – 15 actors and over a period of 4/5 weeks works with them on scenes from several Shakespeare plays. They work for 3 to 4 hours a week studying Shakespeare’s text in detail – breaking down all of the different elements and intricacies as listed below. Each actor then has the opportunity to showcase themselves in a specific scene and monologue. Through these classes Paul helps the actors find all of the clues that Shakespeare himself set down for us to analyse.
Paul directs the actors in scenes & monologues, and in week 4/5 the actors stage a showcase of their work in the 'Shakespeare Showcase' at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre. We use a near bare stage and a minimum of props. The emphasis is on Shakespeare’s words and how the actor uses them. It's an exciting and interesting event open to industry professionals, friends and Shakespeare lovers!
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