In this episode I talk to Paul Leonard Murray, former actor and university teacher, long-time drama practitioner and educator, who has been based in Serbia for more than 20 years doing theatre in English with young people.
We talk about:
- Paul’s career and how he came to found a youth theatre company in Belgrade, who his drama students are and what kind of projects they do
- why young people enjoy doing drama and theatre in English and what they can learn through this experience
- how Paul came to writing comedic adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays for young actors in rhyming couplets and why he started with one of the least popular of Shakespeare’s plays
- Shakespearean language and accessibility of his plays
- which play Paul might adapt next and what his plans for his company are
Links:
Silly Shakespeare for Students!
