Special: Shakespeare - Interviews

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William Shakespeare hat Theaterstücke geschrieben, die über die Jahrhunderte hinweg so mannigfaltig in Szene gesetzt werden wie wahrscheinlich kaum andere. Hier findet ihr Interviews, teils auf Deutsch, teils auf Englisch, mit Darstellern aus Bühnen- und Audioinszenierungen.

Hamlet als Audio-Drama von Big Finish, Interview mit Alexander Vlahos und Scott Handcock

Foto: Alexander Vlahos, Hamlet - Copyright: Big Finish
Alexander Vlahos, Hamlet
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Big Finish produziert Hörspiele für Erwachsene in englischer Sprache. Auf CD oder per Download gibt es Serien wie "Doctor Who" mit den Stimmen der Originalschauspieler, die aus den Serien bekannt sind. Darüber hinaus gibt es Big Finish Originale wie "The Confessions of Dorian Gray", klassischen Horror wie "Dracula" und nun mit "Hamlet" zum ersten Mal ein Werk von Shakespeare. Ein Interview in drei Akten über Shakespeares "Hamlet" von Big Finish. Zunächst spricht Hauptdarsteller Alex Vlahos über seine Vorbereitung auf die Rolle, anschließend erzählen Alex und Regisseur Scott Handcock von ihrer Herangehensweise und ihren Zielen, und zuletzt gibt Scott Einblicke in die Produktion des Hörspiels... weiterlesen

Playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, Alexander Vlahos interview

Foto: Alexander Vlahos, Alexandra Dowling, Romeo and Juliet - Copyright: Robling Photography
Alexander Vlahos, Alexandra Dowling, Romeo and Juliet
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In fair York, where we lay our scene, they're building a theatre, three storeys high. The 13-sided, pop-up open-air theatre is rising at the feet of Clifford's Tower. Inspired by The Rose, built in 1587 in London, Shakespeare's Rose Theatre offers space for no less than 950 guests. From June 25 to September 2 two companies of actors will perform four Shakespeare plays, each company taking on two plays. One of them is Romeo and Juliet starring Alexander Vlahos in the role of young Romeo Montague. Chatting with a highly animated Alex about Shakespeare's words, the character of Romeo and what this new challenge means to him is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; the which if you with patient eyes and ears attend, what here shall miss, our talk shall strive to mend... weiterlesen

Catching up mid-run, Romeo and Juliet, Alexander Vlahos interview

Foto: Alexander Vlahos, Alexandra Dowling, Romeo and Juliet - Copyright: Robling Photography
Alexander Vlahos, Alexandra Dowling, Romeo and Juliet
© Robling Photography

Look, my love, what are those streaks of light in the clouds parting in the east? Sunbeams and lightning, heatwave and hailstorm, the Shakespeare's Rose theatre stands tall. Even more varied than the crazy weather changes though are the nuances of Alexander Vlahos's Romeo. There's mocking Romeo, dolce vita Romeo, dark Romeo and erratic Romeo - all in one show? Yes. But also different each night and every day. Like teenagers are. Alex's Romeo is so young, so full of himself, so vulnerable; there are moments he looks wide-eyed into a groundling's eyes, on top of the world, or in the depths of despair, and you want go with him hoping for the possibility that, this time, just maybe, disaster will be averted. One month after opening night checking in with Alex Vlahos in York we chat about his pop-up Shakespeare experience, his process as an actor and different aspects of life after Philippe...weiterlesen

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