Oliver Ford Davies interview
Before delivering the 2011 Cantor Modern Art Lecture in which he explored some of the challenges in performing Shakespeare, actor and writer Oliver Ford Davies spoke to the University of York website about his life and career.
What attracted him to Shakespeare
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Advice to a young actor performing Shakespeare
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Public appetite for Shakespeare
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Shakespeare on stage rather than on screen
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Differences between performing for stage and film
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Favourite Shakespearean role
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Shakespeare’s use of comedy
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Playing Lear
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Writing or acting?
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Looking to the future
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Performing in York
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