Shakespeare is always a history lesson because you're looking at a world view. That was part of the world then. Okay, so now we're in the late 20th century and we have a chance to take another point of view. Instead of altering Shakespeare, as was so often done in the 18th and 19th centuries, we leave the text as it is and let it speak for itself. Jan. No director let's the text speak for itself.
Every director brings a vision.
I might look at the concept of the group and the notion of the individual within the group. I'm still torn. You have to give directors a chance to do what they say they are going to do. If they're going to produce this play and illuminate it in a very startling or special way, we have to give them that opportunity. Otherwise, we cut off artistic expression at its very root.