The motive and the cue

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On a grim weekend this April, I made the trip to Helsingør, on Denmark’s Øresund strait. William Shakespeare never did so, but in 1586 three actors who would become his colleagues in the Lord Chamberl

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THE man tapped the tip of his quill pen on the table impatiently, but the words still refused to come. There was a hesitant tap at the door. “Yes?” His voice crackled with impatience. “If you please,

In studio two at Polmont Young Offenders Institution a young actor is licking his wounds in the corner. A moment earlier, he’d whipped his T-shirt off, enthusiastically preparing for his next scene, b