Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | TuneIn | RSS
Richard III Act 4, Scene 4
Richard III
August 21, 2014
What do Frank Underwood and Oscar Pistorius have in common? The answer: Richard III. Recently returned from a turn as the famously crippled monarch, Actor Drew Cortese digs down to the bones of this rhetorical monster. Drew descants on his process, the art of laying the plot one word at a time, and how to avoid louring in the role after the curtain falls. Come caper with us through the most unlikely seduction in Shakespeare’s cannon (hint: it isn’t the “Lady Anne” scene!)
Click here to follow along with the text.
Click here to follow along with the Drew Cortese version of the text.
Click here for a First Folio version of the text.
Click here for a scanned version of the text.
One Response to “Drew Cortese”
Leave a Reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
[…] a turn as the famously misshapen bad boy at the Folger Shakespeare Theater, is the latest guest on The State of Shakespeare. In the in-depth interview, Cortese explains how he takes inspiration from sources as diverse […]