Paapa Essiedu, Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage, Turning our tragedies into comedy
Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage answers questions from the industry about the Coronavirus crisis, Paapa Essiedu performs Hamlet, Turning personal tragedies into comedy
Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage on the government鈥檚 response to the coronavirus crisis. We put questions to her from arts organisations around the country.
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of Shakespeare鈥檚 birthday. To celebrate, actor Paapa Essiedu performs the iconic 鈥淭o Be or Not To Be鈥� soliloquy from Hamlet for us live from his home. Paapa played Hamlet in Simon Godwin鈥檚 highly acclaimed 2016 production at the RSC, which transplanted the action from Denmark to West Africa. It will be available to watch on iPlayer from tomorrow as part of the 91热爆鈥檚 Culture in Quarantine series.
How can personal tragedy inspire comedy? Alice Fraser and Darren Harriott discuss talking about the death of a parent on stage 鈥� why do it, how do they make it work, and what has been the audience鈥檚 reaction.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Simon Richardson
Studio Manager: Tim Heffer
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Paapa Essiedu in the RSC production of Hamlet, available to view on 91热爆 iPlayer from 23 Apr as part of the 91热爆鈥檚 Culture in Quarantine 辫谤辞驳谤补尘尘别听
Main image: Paapa Essiedu
Photo credit: Manuel Harlan
Copyright: RSC
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