{"id":3164,"date":"2014-01-27T10:57:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=3164"},"modified":"2022-08-16T17:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:29:22","slug":"richard-sheridan-willis-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=3164","title":{"rendered":"Richard Sheridan Willis: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"927\" data-id=\"8098\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/headshot-2013a.jpg?resize=695%2C927&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/headshot-2013a.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/headshot-2013a.jpg?resize=53%2C70&amp;ssl=1 53w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/headshot-2013a.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/headshot-2013a.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"462\" data-id=\"8099\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?resize=695%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?resize=70%2C47&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?resize=2048%2C1363&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/patrick-cox-photography-1019104.jpg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Production Photos by:&nbsp;\u00a9patrick cox photography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a title=\"Robert Richmond and Richard Sheridan Willis\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=3212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen to his interview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/whatsontype.cfm?wotypeid=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folger Theatre<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>Twelfth Night<\/i>,<i>&nbsp;Henry V<\/i>. Regional: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.factory163.com\/view.php?public\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Factory 163<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/fringetoronto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Fringe Festival<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>Strolling Player<\/i>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warehousetheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warehouse Theatre<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>The Tempest;<\/i>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Theatre of New Canaan<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>My Fair Lady<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Romeo and Juliet<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Twelfth Night<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Henry lV Part 1<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/174.143.72.90\/railwaychildren\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Round House Theatre<\/a>, Toronto:&nbsp;<i>The Railway Children<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sudburytheatre.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudbury Theatre Centre<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>Vigil, The Clockmaker<\/i>; Baruch College, NYC:&nbsp;<i>The Importance of Being Earnest<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newvictory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Victory Theatre<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilmatheater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilma Theatre<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>Night &amp; Day<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/denvercenter.org\/main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver Theatre Center C<\/a>o:&nbsp;<i>Mrs. Warren\u2019s Profession<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/aquilatheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aquila Theatre Company<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>The Tempest<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Hamlet<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>The Man Who Would Be King<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Julius Caesar<\/i>,<i>Catch 22<\/i>; Albery Theatre, London:&nbsp;<i>Torch Song Trilogy<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthurlloyd.co.uk\/LeicesterTheatres\/HaymarketTheatreLeicester.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leicester Haymarket<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>A Woman of No Importance<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Into the Woods<\/i>,<i>The Sound of Music<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>The White Devil<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Single Spies<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatreroyal.org.uk\/page\/3140\/The+Peter+Hall+Company+2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Hall Company<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>The Master Builder<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharedexperience.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shared Experience<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>The Tempest<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salisburyplayhouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salisbury Playhouse<\/a>:&nbsp;<i>Things We Do For Love<\/i>. Television:&nbsp;<i>Dr. Who<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Law &amp; Order<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Flashpoint<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Nikita<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Lost Girl<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Stand By Your Booth<\/i>. Film:&nbsp;<i>Dreadful Sorry<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>The Big Bad Swim<\/i>.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardwillis.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.richardwillis.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production Photos by:&nbsp;\u00a9patrick cox photography Click here to listen to his interview Folger Theatre:&nbsp;Twelfth Night,&nbsp;Henry V. Regional: Factory 163, Toronto Fringe Festival:&nbsp;Strolling Player;&nbsp;Warehouse Theatre:&nbsp;The Tempest;&nbsp;Summer Theatre of New Canaan:&nbsp;My Fair Lady,&nbsp;A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream,&nbsp;Romeo and Juliet,&nbsp;Twelfth Night,&nbsp;Henry lV Part 1; Round House Theatre, Toronto:&nbsp;The Railway Children; Sudbury Theatre Centre:&nbsp;Vigil, The Clockmaker; Baruch College, NYC:&nbsp;The Importance<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=3164' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Production Photos by: \u00a9patrick cox photography Click here to listen to his interview Folger Theatre: Twelfth Night, Henry V. 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