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Playing Hamlet
Maxine Peake and Paapa Essiedu discuss taking on Shakespeare's most celebrated role. They talk Jerry Brotton, who is the Shakespeare adviser to the Hay Festival.
How do you begin to tackle Shakespeare鈥檚 greatest role, and some of the best known speeches in the English language; and what do you learn from the experience?
Two of the greatest modern Hamlets talk about the role. Maxine Peake played Hamlet in Sarah Frankcom鈥檚 landmark production for the Manchester Royal Exchange. Paapa Essiedu is playing Hamlet now at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
They talk to the author of This Orient Isle, Jerry Brotton, who is the Shakespeare adviser to the Hay Festival.
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