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plays like 12th night... what kind of man is he? ..the tempest... our revels now are ended. ..julius caesar... friends, romans, countrymen... ..and macbeth. stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. these plays would all have been lost had it not been for the first folio. do you want me to do a clap? i am the bbc�*s culture editor, katie razzall, and i caught up with david during his rehearsals for macbeth and asked him about the role shakespeares first folio has played in his life...

fellow actors seven years after his death. it includes 18 plays that had never been printed before. plays like 12th night... what kind of man is he? ..the tempest... our revels now are ended. ..julius caesar... friends, romans, countrymen... ..and macbeth. stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. these plays would all have been lost had it not been for the first folio. do you want me to do a clap? i am the bbc�*s culture editor, katie razzall, and i caught up with david during his...

was 400 years old this year. to celebrate, the king and queen played host to an original copy and theatre�*s royalty, many of whom can thank the folio for their most memorable roles. chatter will these hands neer be clean? the collection of plays was put together by two of shakespeares fellow actors seven years after his death. it includes 18 plays that had never been printed before. plays like 12th night... what kind of man is he? ..the tempest... our revels now are ended. ..julius ...

what does the first folio mean to you? well, i mean, it contains so many of the plays... ..that are the reason why shakespeare is the cornerstone of our cultural life in the way that he is. he simply wouldnt exist... ..as part of the kind of national conversation in the way that he does without the first folio. those... we would have lost so many of those plays. you know, im sitting here at the end of my first day of rehearsals for macbeth, a play thats been in performance now for over...

Knows what hes talking about. so does patrick. laughs distant gunfire and explosions tomorrow... distant gunfire ..and tomorrow... ..creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. have you had anyone give you notes about..? i dont mean the other director. i mean, has anybody in the build—up to you doing macbeth, given you notes saying, "do it like this"? specifically about that part? i mean, whats great is everyone�*s got an opinion about these plays, you kn...