The list of potential candidates for Julius Caesar is quite large. You could go, "Well, he's a Caesar." Idi Amin, or Bokassa in the Central African Empire, or in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe coming to power. They have all, at some… — Gregory Doran Copy Share Image
At the assassination of Caesar when Cassius says, "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and accents yet unknown!" And you kind of went, "Never was there a truer word spoken." — Gregory Doran Copy Share Image
I have seen productions of Julius Caesar that set it in a modern, Western context and it just looks as though they're getting rid… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
Sometimes the parallels that are brought in can make the play seem less relevant; you can deny a play's application to the universal by… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
I guess, is we are not saying, "Look, William Shakespeare's written a critique of modern Africa." What we're saying is that we've shifted the… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
I think William Shakespeare's like a passport through your life: as a kid hearing about a play with fairies or witches or ghosts, you… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
I don't think Vladimir Putin goes to the theater enough to even deign to think there was any criticism intended. We were invited by… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
Sometimes it can get overburdened with nuance - the actors find all sorts of different spins on the lines that can lose simplicity and… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
King Lear by William Shakespeare frightens me. I've never done King Lear, I guess partially because my father dwindled into dementia in his last… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
The list of potential candidates for Julius Caesar is quite large. You could go, "Well, he's a Caesar." Idi Amin, or Bokassa in the… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
I always feel emotionally engaged in productions. If I ever get to the point where I don't feel emotionally engaged, maybe I should stop.… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
By the time I came of age and, indeed, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, I had seen the entire William Shakespeare canon, which, in… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
Really what Brutus and Cassius do by assassinating Caesar, is open up a vacuum into which much more ruthless people run. Julius Caesar is… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
At the assassination of Caesar when Cassius says, "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
I was doing an interview with Charlie Rose and he said, "What do you think about Margaret Thatcher?" - and I had not heard… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
I went to a Jesuit school and they did a William Shakespeare play every year. I got to know Shakespeare as parts I wanted… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
My first interaction with William Shakespeare was an American production and there was an actress, playing Puck, who sounded like Mickey Mouse. When she… — Gregory Doran Copy Share
