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Realism And The Ethics Of Risk At The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Kim Solga
Realism And The Ethics Of Risk At The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Kim Solga
Kim Solga
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival is notoriously risk-averse, creating quality "classical" theatre without rocking any audience worlds. Or is it? This paper re-examines the history of "risk" at Stratford and explores two key productions directed by Peter Hinton at the Festival. I conclude that, perhaps, risk-taking directors and a "conservative" acting company serve the work very well indeed.