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The Director's creative process
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Watch an interview with Michael Buffong, the stage director of King Lear.
  1. The Director's creative process
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    The Director's creative process
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  3. The storm
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    The storm
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  4. Lear with Regan and Goneril
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    Lear with Regan and Goneril
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  5. Lear divides his kingdom
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    Lear divides his kingdom
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  6. Lear's madness
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    Lear's madness
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  7. Cordelia returns
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    Cordelia returns
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  8. Cordelia and Lear imprisoned
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    Cordelia and Lear imprisoned
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  9. How to stage a play
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    How to stage a play
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  10. The movement direction
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    The movement direction
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  11. Lighting
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    Lighting
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  12. What would you ask Shakespeare? Ruby Wax
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    What would you ask Shakespeare? Ruby Wax
  13. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VI, Part 3
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    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VI, Part 3
  14. Henry VI
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    Henry VI
  15. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: All's Well That Ends Well
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    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: All's Well That Ends Well
  16. The Macbeths get a (damned) spot of advice from Dr Bard
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    The Macbeths get a (damned) spot of advice from Dr Bard
  17. Much Ado About Nothing starring Maggie Smith (1967)
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    Much Ado About Nothing starring Maggie Smith (1967)
  18. Bob Hoskins
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    Bob Hoskins
  19. Behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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    Behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
  20. New Dreams at the Kelvin Gallery
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    New Dreams at the Kelvin Gallery
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  • Sound of Cinema - King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon
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  • The Late Plays - Shakespeare's Globe
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