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Greg Doran has been described as ‘one of the supreme Shakespeare directors of our era’ (Financial Times). He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as an actor in 1987 and was its artistic director from 2012 to 2022. He has directed and/or produced every single play in the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Prize for pioneering work in Shakespearean theatre in 2012. He was knighted for services to the arts in 2024.

Greg Doran on My Shakespeare

Greg Doran: "To piece Shakespeare's plays together as a whole is to be awed again and again"

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