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 ties with the company altogether. i have one more production to do after this. next year is a big anniversary year because it s 400 years since the publication of shakespeare s folio, first folio. so i m going to be around certainly until the end of next year, and hopefully supporting whoever it is who follows me. here s something you said a while ago that i want you to explain to me, because it s really quite striking, almost remarkable. you said, i suspect that i have filled that god shaped hole in my consciousness with shakespeare. yeah. does that mean shakespeare is your religion? do you know, that s a quote
so i m going to be around certainly until the end of next year, and hopefully supporting whoever it is who follows me. here s something you said a while ago that i want you to explain to me, because it s really quite striking, almost remarkable. you said, i suspect that i have filled that god shaped hole in my consciousness with shakespeare. yeah. does that mean shakespeare is your religion? do you know, that s a quote by sartre, who said in the secular age, that most people have a god shaped hole in their consciousness. and i recognised that i probably had filled mine with shakespeare. er, it s certainly a better fit than the bible. ifind more wisdom, more truth in shakespeare than i do in the bible. it has sustained me. it is. my passion for it is. ..means that my life has been spent, largely,
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 ties with the company altogether. i have one more production to do after this. next year is a big anniversary year because it s 400 years since the publication of shakespeare s folio, first folio. so i m going to be around certainly until the end of next year, and hopefully supporting whoever it is who follows me. here s something you said a while ago that i want you to explain to me, because it s really quite striking, almost remarkable. you said, i suspect that i have filled that god shaped hole in my consciousness with shakespeare. yeah. does that mean shakespeare is your religion? do you know, that s a quote
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 ties with the company altogether. i have one more production to do after this. next year is a big anniversary year because it s 400 years since the publication of shakespeare s folio, first folio. so i m going to be around certainly until the end of next year, and hopefully supporting whoever it is who follows me. here s something you said a while ago that i want you to explain to me, cos it s really quite striking, almost remarkable. you said, i suspect that i have filled that god shaped hole in my consciousness with shakespeare. yeah. does that mean shakespeare is your religion? do you know, that s a quote by sartre, who said in the secular age, that most people have a god shaped hole
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 ties with the company altogether. i have one more production to do after this. next year is a big anniversary year because it s 400 years since the publication of shakespeare s folio, first folio. so i m going to be around certainly until the end of next year, and hopefully supporting whoever it is who follows me. here s something you said a while ago that i want you to explain to me, cos it s really quite striking, almost remarkable. you said, i suspect that i have filled that god shaped hole in my consciousness with shakespeare. yeah. does that mean shakespeare is your religion? do you know, that s a quote