Royal Shakespeare Company Advisory Director John Barton and RSC Honorary Associate Artist Patrick Stewart will take part in Working with Shakespeare - a special event at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

John and Patrick will explore the chorus speeches from Henry V to see how Shakespeare’s text itself can help and inform the actor.

Patrick Stewart is currently playing the Ghost and Claudius in Gregory Doran’s critically acclaimed production of Hamlet.  He first worked for the company in 1966, and his many RSC credits include: The Winter’s Tale, Titus Andronicus, and The Merchant of Venice.  

Patrick’s most recent roles for the RSC, prior to appearing in Hamlet, were as Antony in Gregory Doran’s Antony and Cleopatra and Prospero in Rupert Goold’s production of The Tempest (both in 2006).  He was recently nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Macbeth in Rupert Goold’s Chichester Festival production, which transferred from the West End to Broadway earlier this year.  His many films include Star Trek and X Men.  

John Barton has worked with the RSC for nearly 50 years, first as Assistant Director and then as RSC Associate Director, a position he held for 30 years.  Today John is RSC Advisory Director, regularly working with actors in the rehearsal room.

Renowned for his Shakespeare workshops and master-classes in Europe and America, John’s unique form of teaching has inspired actors from the spheres of both theatre and film.  Throughout his career, he has written and adapted works for theatre, notably, The Hollow Crown (1961), The Wars of The Roses, with Peter Hall (1963), The Greeks (1980), The Morte D’Arthur (1983) and Tantalus (2000).

Working with Shakespeare
2 Nov 2008, 3pm
The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Box Office: 0844 800 1114 or www.rsc.org.uk