Gregory Doran
Author of Shakespeare : Hamlet {2009 television film} {BBC/Royal Shakespeare Company}
About the Author
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Works by Gregory Doran
Shakespeare : Hamlet {2009 television film} {BBC/Royal Shakespeare Company} (2009) — Director — 140 copies, 1 review
The Shakespeare Almanac: Curious Facts and Strange Wonders through the Seasons of the Bard's Life (2009) 26 copies, 1 review
Shakespeare : Henry V {2015 film} — Stage director — 4 copies
Shakespeare Live! from the RSC 4 copies
Macbeth [2001 TV movie] — Director — 3 copies
Shakespeare : King and Country : Richard II + Henry IV Parts I & 2 + Henry V (2013) — Stage director — 3 copies
RSC Music & Speeches : King & Country : Shakespeare's Great Cycle of Kings {sound recording} (2015) — Director — 2 copies
Shakespeare 2 copies
Anthony and Cleopatra [2006 film] — Director — 1 copy
Associated Works
The RSC Shakespeare : Love's Labour's Lost (2008) — Approaching Love's Labour's — 30 copies, 1 review
The RSC Shakespeare : Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens : Two Classical Plays (2011) — Interviewee — 10 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1958-11-24
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- film director
- Organizations
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Relationships
- Sher, Antony (husband)
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Map Location
- England, UK
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Reviews
This was fascinating.
Obviously, this is, as the title suggests, about how Greg Doran and Tony Sher put on a production of Titus Andronicus in the new South Africa in 1994, but it is about so much more, too. The authors jump from topic to topic but instead of feeling disjointed, the jumping around makes total sense, and some of the asides really make me laugh.
It's not the jokes that keep me reading, tho. It's the insights to how they approach interpreting play(s), how they find relevance in show more the context of current affairs, how they teach, direct, and interact with the other cast members.
It's pretty fab. And I haven't even touched on the way that they give a picture of South Africa past and present (in 1994) that seems very realistic.
Woza Shakespeare! won't make me love Titus Andronicus, or even like the play, not even a little bit, but I love reading about how Greg, Tony, and the rest of the cast are approaching the play and interpreting the characters. I don't have to agree with everything - I don't have to agree with anything in their approach but even thinking about their different view is eye-opening.
It is such a great example of how when plays - or poetry, or any work of literature, art, music - are taught in a classroom setting, it should encourage people to seek out different performances, adaptations, etc. show less
Obviously, this is, as the title suggests, about how Greg Doran and Tony Sher put on a production of Titus Andronicus in the new South Africa in 1994, but it is about so much more, too. The authors jump from topic to topic but instead of feeling disjointed, the jumping around makes total sense, and some of the asides really make me laugh.
It's not the jokes that keep me reading, tho. It's the insights to how they approach interpreting play(s), how they find relevance in show more the context of current affairs, how they teach, direct, and interact with the other cast members.
It's pretty fab. And I haven't even touched on the way that they give a picture of South Africa past and present (in 1994) that seems very realistic.
Woza Shakespeare! won't make me love Titus Andronicus, or even like the play, not even a little bit, but I love reading about how Greg, Tony, and the rest of the cast are approaching the play and interpreting the characters. I don't have to agree with everything - I don't have to agree with anything in their approach but even thinking about their different view is eye-opening.
It is such a great example of how when plays - or poetry, or any work of literature, art, music - are taught in a classroom setting, it should encourage people to seek out different performances, adaptations, etc. show less
This is a great book by the mighty Greg Doran (of the RSC) and his partner Tony Sher. A must for anyone interested in theatre and Shakespeare in particular. It follows the pair as they stage 'Titus Andronicus' in South Africa.
Tennant and Stewart are excellent. Stewart won the Olivier acting award.
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Statistics
- Works
- 39
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 360
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 17
- Languages
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