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Shakespeare Magazine 07

Kenneth Branagh is cover star of Shakespeare Magazine 07, as the issue's theme is Great Shakespeare Actors. Stanley Wells discusses his book on the subject, while Antony Sher reveals what it's like to play Falstaff. We also go behind the scenes of the My Shakespeare TV series, and Zoe Waites chats about playing Rosalind in the USA. Other highlights include Shakespeare in Turkey, Shakespeare Opera, and the real story of Shakespeare and the Essex Plot. All this, and the Russian fans who made their own edition of David Tennant's Richard II!

Kenneth Branagh is cover star of Shakespeare Magazine 07, as the issue's theme is Great Shakespeare Actors. Stanley Wells discusses his book on the subject, while Antony Sher reveals what it's like to play Falstaff. We also go behind the scenes of the My Shakespeare TV series, and Zoe Waites chats about playing Rosalind in the USA. Other highlights include Shakespeare in Turkey, Shakespeare Opera, and the real story of Shakespeare and the Essex Plot. All this, and the Russian fans who made their own edition of David Tennant's Richard II!

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Anthony Sher <br />

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Left: Antony Sher<br />

as Falstaff. Right:<br />

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In one of the landmark UK<br />

<strong>Shakespeare</strong> productions<br />

of recent years, Gregory<br />

Doran directed his partner<br />

Sir Antony Sher as Falstaff<br />

in the RSC’s Henry IV Parts<br />

1 and 2. The actor’s diaries<br />

and drawings have now been<br />

published as Year of the Fat<br />

Knight, a revealing and highly<br />

entertaining account of an<br />

epic theatrical adventure.<br />

Interview by Pat Reid<br />

Illustrations by Sir Antony Sher<br />

The Fat<br />

Knight Rises<br />

SHAKESPEARE magazine 7

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