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RSC recruits amateurs from six regions as Shakespeare's 'people of England'

by Harriet Sherwood Arts, Culture Correspondent

Theatre company's outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2 The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking the innovative step of casting the people of England as the people of England in its new production of Henry VI Part 2 that will be performed at the company's theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this spring. Dozens of people with no theatrical background from six areas of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:54am on January 26, 2022