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BBCNEWS Judi Dench June 4, 2024 02:54:00

The shakespearean roles i m talking about, when were you happiest onstage doing shakespeare? there must be a moment. i ve never not been. really? never not been. i mean, there are plays you like more. well, there s going to be. there must be some plays that you don t particularly like. i don t like the merchant of venice as a play. and michael and i, when we were first married at stratford, he played bassanio, and i played portia. i didn t like that. i still don t like that play. mm. they all behave so badly, and there s not much excuse for any of them. when you were a young actor starting out, you and your late husband michael williams used to refer to shakespeare as the man who pays the rent . yes, we called him that. michael was in one company, i was in the other, and shakespeare was the person who we were playing all the time. and so he was very much the man who paid the rent. what is he now to you? the man who pays the rent, probably. they laugh well, he certainly. he s never bee ....

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BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:56:00

Well, i haven t had to do it since my eyes have been this bad. but i will. i ll try. i ll find a way. what s the big part coming up, then? do you think that. ..that performance in the winter s tale, do you think that is possibly the last time we ll see you in shakespeare, onstage? oh, god, iwouldn t like to think that. probably is, but i m not going to say that. you never know, do you? i ve never been in 0thello. that would have been nice at some point. which of the many roles that you ve played over the years, the shakespearean roles i m talking about, when were you happiest onstage doing shakespeare? there must be a moment. i ve never not been. really? never not been. i mean, there are plays you like more. well, there s going to be. there must be some plays that you don t particularly like. i don t like the merchant of venice as a play. and michael and i, when we were first married at stratford, he played bassanio, and i played portia. i didn t like that. i still don t like that play ....

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BBCNEWS The Arts Interviews June 4, 2024 02:49:00

Well, my favourite one at the moment is, i am in blood, stepped in so far that should i wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o er which has, i think, probably always been my favourite shakespeare quote and i definitely overuse but now, i get to say it on stage every night. probably most people aren t using that one but they are using a lot, you re right, of shakespearean phrases without remembering. yes, yeah, all the time. ..without knowing that they re shakespeare. so, i suppose, what would you say to people who say, it s elitist, you know? i m not interested ? i don t think i don t think it s elitist. i don t think it ever was elitist. imean. shakespeare was a popular author in his day. i mean, now there are listen, there are problems about access to theatre because it s expensive to put on and the arts council isn t funded like it once was, so theatre prices are more expensive than maybe they should be. that s a different debate. that s not the elitism there i ....

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'This one's for me and New Brighton' — Dr John Kani OBE

From New Brighton to the world, Dr John Kani’s contribution to the arts has been recognised by the King of England with the title of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) bestowed on him. ....

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Brian Cox Says AI Replacing Actors Is a "Human Rights Issue"

Although nobody's rushing to replace Brian Cox's gravelly voice or Shakespearean visage anytime soon, the Scottish "Succession" star is still looking out for the little guy in a recent interview where he trashed the use of artificial intelligence in the TV and film industry. In an interview with England's Sky News, Cox sounded off on the […] ....

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