American Shakespeare Center has new leadership model for upcoming season
The American Shakespeare Center is beginning its new season come February, but the company has made some changes to its leadership, a release said Monday.
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The American Shakespeare Center is beginning its new season come February, but the company has made some changes to its leadership, a release said Monday.
Despite a life replete with theatrical acclaim, a knighthood and a string of famous friends, Antony Sher struggled with crippling anxiety and overwhelming feelings of inadequacy.
One of the most gifted actors of his era, Sher – who has died aged 72 – combined psychology and a keen sense of the visual in soul-baring performances
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Drama thrives on the weaknesses of its characters, but what can we make of a hero who suffers from narcolepsy? At precisely those moments when he is called to rise to the occasion, he goes to sleep. He misses most of the crucial developments in his own life, and must depend on the kindness of strangers even to pull him out of the middle of the road. Mike Waters, the young drifter played by River Phoenix in Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho," is a narcoleptic. To those who do not understand the disorder, it appears that he must be on drugs, or mentally deficient, or from anothe...