ABSTRACT

In the last few years, I have had three wonderful new experiences, each one in

many ways far from the other two . . . and yet so close.

The first was in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1997. Cicely Berry and Adrian

Noble invited me to lead a workshop with the actors of the Royal Shakespeare

Company to investigate the possibilities of using the introspective techniques

of The Rainbow of Desire to create Shakespearian characters – in this case, those of

Hamlet.