Helen Castor: evaluation

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…Cinematically, do you like The Hollow Crown? Or are there other adaptations that make you happy and not too upset? I love The Hollow Crown. One of the reasons I love it is the depth and range of the casting which must, I’m imagining, be a challenge on the stage when you’ve got to get people to commit to a certain number of months, and what if the part is only tiny? One of the things, of course, that television has the luxury of doing is importing all sorts of brilliant people even if it is only one scene. I love the richness of that production in terms of its range, and then in terms of letting the plays breathe outside that extraordinary scene when Richard comes back from Ireland, and you’re on a beach. There are other productions I have loved. I loved David Tennant’s portrayal of Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company. I’ve just seen Jonathan Bailey at The Bridge — completely different, equally fascinating. But I think I’ve realized, in the process of writing this book and then talking about writing it, that perhaps I’m not a very good theater-goer because I love reading the plays on the page. I also prefer that.…

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