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> [I went to a Jesuit school and they did a William Shakespeare play every year. I got to know Shakespeare as parts I wanted to play. I missed out on playing Ophelia - it was an all-boys school. The younger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-went-to-a-jesuit-school-and-they-did-a-william-shakespeare-play/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

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## More by Gregory Doran

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-have-seen-productions-of-julius-caesar-that-set-it-in-a-modern/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/sometimes-the-parallels-that-are-brought-in-can-make-the-play-seem/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-guess-is-we-are-not-saying-look-william-shakespeare-s-written-a/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-think-william-shakespeare-s-like-a-passport-through-your-life-as-a/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-don-t-think-vladimir-putin-goes-to-the-theater-enough-to-even-deign/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [Sometimes it can get overburdened with nuance - the actors find all sorts of different spins on the lines that can lose simplicity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/sometimes-it-can-get-overburdened-with-nuance-the-actors-find-all/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/king-lear-by-william-shakespeare-frightens-me-i-ve-never-done-king/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/the-list-of-potential-candidates-for-julius-caesar-is-quite-large-you/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-always-feel-emotionally-engaged-in-productions-if-i-ever-get-to-the/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [By the time I came of age and, indeed, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, I had seen the entire William Shakespeare canon, which, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/by-the-time-i-came-of-age-and-indeed-margaret-thatcher-became-prime/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [Really what Brutus and Cassius do by assassinating Caesar, is open up a vacuum into which much more ruthless people run. Julius Caesar is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/really-what-brutus-and-cassius-do-by-assassinating-caesar-is-open-up/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [At the assassination of Caesar when Cassius says, "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/at-the-assassination-of-caesar-when-cassius-says-how-many-ages-hence/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [I was doing an interview with Charlie Rose and he said, "What do you think about Margaret Thatcher?" - and I had not heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-was-doing-an-interview-with-charlie-rose-and-he-said-what-do-you/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [I went to a Jesuit school and they did a William Shakespeare play every year. I got to know Shakespeare as parts I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/i-went-to-a-jesuit-school-and-they-did-a-william-shakespeare-play/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

> [My first interaction with William Shakespeare was an American production and there was an actress, playing Puck, who sounded like Mickey Mouse. When she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-doran/my-first-interaction-with-william-shakespeare-was-an-american/)

[Gregory Doran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-doran/)

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