the director
the actors
the designer
the assistant director
the fight director
gallery

about the play
teachers
students
general interest
about the RSC
Current production

This section contains fascinating insights into the journeys made during a five-week rehearsal period by a director and his assistant, the designer, a fight choreographer and a company of actors at the RSC.

Through a series of stimulating interviews students, teachers and audiences alike can learn more about:

approaching a character

staging one of Shakespeare's rarely performed plays

the difficulties of realizing violence on stage.