it was a hoax. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back of her beige mini and we had come down from preston, and i saw the show and i was just completely blown away. and apparent
pakistan. the country s prime minister has called on the central and provisional governments to work together in order to help people affected. at ten o clock, reeta chakrabarti will be back with the headlines. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in
it cannot come at a more critical time. with more legal exposure for the twice impeached former president after cassidy hutchinson provided a smoking gun, starting with as she exposed in the clearest detail yet that the former president was aware of the threat of violence from his supporters on january 6. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, i don t fin care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the fin mags away. let my people in. they can march to the capitol here. that s damning in light of the former president s speech to his armed followers. fight like hell. if you don t fight like hell, you are not going to have a country anymore. that kind of fight like hell, fight, fight, fight language was what the former president s lawyers said would be foolish to include. they were urging the speech writers to not include that language for legal concerns and also for the optics of wh
greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back of her beige mini and we had come down from preston, and i saw the show and i was just completely blown away. and apparently i said to my mum on the way back, that s what i want to do when i grow up. so i must have grown up. and you are one of those people who achieved your ambition, your dream, because for the last ten years, you ve been artistic director here. that s right. 35 years in total with the rsc, the royal shakespeare company. it s coming to an end. how big a wrench is it going to be? oh, it s going to be. well, i hope not to sever my
ending federal protection for the procedure. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back of her beige mini and we had come down from preston, and i saw the show and i was just compl