Antony Sher
Philip Dodd is in extended conversation with actor Antony Sher, whose recent roles include Willy Loman and Falstaff.
Philip Dodd in extended conversation with the actor Antony Sher whose recent roles include Willy Loman and Falstaff.
Sher has just published his account of playing Falstaff in Gregory Doran's 2014 RSC production of the two parts of Henry IV - Year of the Fat Knight: The Falstaff Diaries.
Another RSC production, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, also directed by Doran, is about to transfer from Stratford to the Noel Coward Theatre in London, with Sher in the role of Willy Loman.
Producer: Torquil Macleod
Image: Antony Sher in Death of a Salesman
Photo Credit: Ellie Kurttz.
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Antony Sher - Year of the Fat Knight
Antony Sher recounts the year he created his version of Shakespeare's Falstaff.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Philip Dodd |
| Interviewed Guest | Antony Sher |
| Producer | Torquil MacLeod |
Broadcast
- Wed 6 May 2015 22:00BBC Radio 3
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