Director Erica Whyman talks to novelist Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet which was recently adapted for the Stratford and London stages and directed by Erica. They talk about Hamnet – the novel and the process of putting it on stage, as well as Hamlet and about autobiography in fiction, including the part Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, plays in his work.
Erica was Acting RSC Artistic Director at the time of recording.
Each week we bring together current Royal Shakespeare Company actors with RSC artists who have inspired them.
The music is ‘Oberon’s Theme – King of Shadows’, originally composed by Sam Kenyon for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016).
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Elizabeth Freestone and Liz Bentley
Atri Banerjee and Lucy Ellinson
Nina Segal and Tim Crouch
Minnie Gale and Pippa Nixon
Thom Petty and Prasanna Puwanarajah
Aaron Parsons and Tinuke Craig
Claire Windsor and Femi Temowo
Mark Quartley and David Tennant
Renu Arora and Sophie Woolley
Zoe Lambert and David Threlfall
Nancy Harris and Kate DiCamillo
Alfred Clay and Lucian Msamati
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