Mary Wakefield Mary Wakefield

Liberating Shakespeare

Mary Wakefield talks to the RSC’s Michael Boyd and learns how he scared the Establishment

issue 05 April 2008

Mary Wakefield talks to the RSC’s Michael Boyd and learns how he scared the Establishment

Halfway through our interview, in the middle of a discussion about the future of the RSC, a tired Michael Boyd rubs his face with his hands, looks up at me through the gaps between his fingers and says, ‘Well, my aim was, and still is, to knock Shakespeare off his pedestal.

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