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ending federal protection for the procedure. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just—retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we con...

director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, its a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, its 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back of her beige...

Hong Kong director Peter Jordan’s colour-blind casting for his stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is opening doors for actors from diverse backgrounds who are often typecast or shut out.

Because she, like arthur, shes a brilliant actor. but this is where it gets a little bit complicated. yeah. so lets take this bit by bit, and were talking diversity here. yeah. to what extent do you believe that colour—blind casting is the future? i think its often colour—conscious casting that is the future, but i think there are many, many different ways of doing it. what were trying to do is to reflect the society we are in, and whether thats to do with disability, ethnicity, gender... th...

Was a deaf actor. because she, like arthur, shes a brilliant actor. but this is where it gets a little bit complicated. yeah. so lets take this bit by bit, and were talking diversity here. yeah. to what extent do you believe that colour—blind casting is the future? i think its often colour—conscious casting that is the future, but i think there are many, many different ways of doing it. what were trying to do is to reflect the society we are in, and whether thats to do with disability, ethni...

And, you know, ithink when paapa essiedu played hamlet in 2016, that was, that was, you know, out of time. that was way beyond what we ought to have done. it ought to have happened earlier. but i think, you know, we are... we are... so arthur hughes, who is playing richard at the moment, is the first disabled actor ever to play richard on this stage. you know, we had in 2018 charlotte arrowsmith, who is a deaf actor, became the first actor you know, we had in 2018 charlotte arrowsmith, who is a ...

In troilus and cressida. but not because she was a deaf actor. because she, like arthur, shes a brilliant actor. but this is where it gets a little bit complicated. yeah. so lets take this bit by bit, and were talking diversity here. yeah. to what extent do you believe that colour—blind casting is the future? i think its often colour—conscious casting that is the future, but i think there are many, many different ways of doing it. what were trying to do is to reflect the society we are in, a...

Is the first disabled actor ever to play richard on this stage. we had in 2018 charlotte arrowsmith, who is a deaf actor, became the first actor to play a major shakespeare role on this stage. she played cassandra in troilus and cressida, but not because she was a deaf actor, because she, like arthur, shes a brilliant actor. but this is where it gets a little bit complicated. yeah. so, lets take this bit by bit, and were talking diversity here. yeah. to what extent do you believe that colour—b...

She played cassandra in troilus and cressida, but not because she was a deaf actor, because she, like arthur, shes a brilliant actor. but this is where it gets a little bit complicated. yeah. so, lets take this bit by bit, and were talking diversity here. yeah. to what extent do you believe that colour—blind casting is the future? i think its often colour—conscious casting that is the future, but i think there are many, many different ways of doing it. what were trying to do is to reflect th...

Charlotte arrowsmith, who is a deaf actor, became the first actor to play a major shakespeare role on this stage. she played cassandra in troilus and cressida, but not because she was a deaf actor, because she, like arthur, shes a brilliant actor. but this is where it gets a little bit complicated. yeah. so, lets take this bit by bit, and were talking diversity here. yeah. to what extent do you believe that colour—blind casting is the future? i think its often colour—conscious casting that i...