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Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
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The actors reflect on how they felt playing one of Shakespeare's most famous characters.
  1. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
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    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
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  2. Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
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    Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
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  3. Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
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    Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
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  4. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
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    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
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  5. Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'
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    Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'
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  6. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
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    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
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  7. Russell T Davies on wanting to adapt A Midsummer Night's Dream
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    Russell T Davies on wanting to adapt A Midsummer Night's Dream
  8. Baaba Maal - Lampenda
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    Baaba Maal - Lampenda
  9. Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
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    Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
  10. Salman Rushdie on realism
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    Salman Rushdie on realism
  11. Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'
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    Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'
  12. Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
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    Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
  13. Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
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    Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
  14. Why are Germans more welcoming to migrants?
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    Why are Germans more welcoming to migrants?
  15. Maxine Peake discusses her Shakespeare acting past
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    Maxine Peake discusses her Shakespeare acting past
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  • Malorie Blackman
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  • Paul Mason
  • Peter Carey
  • Ruby Wax
  • Russell T Davies and Maxine Peake
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  • Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie, Valeria Luiselli and Juan Gabriel Vasquez
  • Sam Mendes
  • Sarah Millican and Hannah Dunleavy
  • Simon Schama
  • Stephen Frears
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  • Susan Calman
  • Thomas Keneally on Napoleon's Last Island
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