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| Actor Michelle Terry to replace Emma Rice at Shakespeare's Globe | Actor Michelle Terry to replace Emma Rice at Shakespeare's Globe |
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| The actor Michelle Terry is to be the new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, replacing Emma Rice, who was controversially ousted from the theatre. | |
| Terry is a respected stage actor who has regularly performed at the Globe and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. However, it is something of a surprise appointment in that Terry has never directed a stage play. | Terry is a respected stage actor who has regularly performed at the Globe and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. However, it is something of a surprise appointment in that Terry has never directed a stage play. |
| The theatre will hope that Terry will be a steadying presence after a difficult year dominated by the acrimonious nature of Rice’s departure. | The theatre will hope that Terry will be a steadying presence after a difficult year dominated by the acrimonious nature of Rice’s departure. |
| Terry, who played Rosalind in the Globe’s 2015 production of As You Like It, said the work of Shakespeare was “timeless, mythic, mysterious, vital, profoundly human and unapologetically theatrical”. | Terry, who played Rosalind in the Globe’s 2015 production of As You Like It, said the work of Shakespeare was “timeless, mythic, mysterious, vital, profoundly human and unapologetically theatrical”. |
| She added: “I am so proud and excited that I will be in the privileged position where I can offer artists the opportunity to come together to reclaim and rediscover not only Shakespeare but the work of his contemporaries, alongside new work from our current writers. | She added: “I am so proud and excited that I will be in the privileged position where I can offer artists the opportunity to come together to reclaim and rediscover not only Shakespeare but the work of his contemporaries, alongside new work from our current writers. |
| “For us to then share those stories with an audience that demands an unparalleled honesty, clarity and bravery is all a dream come true.” | “For us to then share those stories with an audience that demands an unparalleled honesty, clarity and bravery is all a dream come true.” |
| Neil Constable, the theatre’s chief executive, said he was delighted to announce the appointment. “Audiences have loved her sparkling and intelligent performances on our stage over the years. Now they will have the opportunity to see her fresh artistic vision come to life as she moves into a new phase of her impressive career.” | Neil Constable, the theatre’s chief executive, said he was delighted to announce the appointment. “Audiences have loved her sparkling and intelligent performances on our stage over the years. Now they will have the opportunity to see her fresh artistic vision come to life as she moves into a new phase of her impressive career.” |
| Terry has a striking theatrical CV that includes playing Henry V at the Open Air theatre in Regent’s Park, London, last year. Her performance was described as “astonishing” by the Guardian’s Michael Billington. | Terry has a striking theatrical CV that includes playing Henry V at the Open Air theatre in Regent’s Park, London, last year. Her performance was described as “astonishing” by the Guardian’s Michael Billington. |
| She is an associate artist at the RSC, where she has appeared in Much Ado About Nothing and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Away from Shakespeare, Terry won an Olivier award in 2011 for her role in the Royal Court production of Nina Raine’s Tribes. | She is an associate artist at the RSC, where she has appeared in Much Ado About Nothing and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Away from Shakespeare, Terry won an Olivier award in 2011 for her role in the Royal Court production of Nina Raine’s Tribes. |
| On television she is best known for the Sky1 sitcom The Cafe, set in Weston-super-Mare, which she co-wrote and starred in with Ralf Little. | On television she is best known for the Sky1 sitcom The Cafe, set in Weston-super-Mare, which she co-wrote and starred in with Ralf Little. |
| Rice’s departure from the Globe after just two seasons in charge has proved to be one of the saddest and most difficult chapters in the theatre’s 20-year history. | Rice’s departure from the Globe after just two seasons in charge has proved to be one of the saddest and most difficult chapters in the theatre’s 20-year history. |
| In April, Rice wrote of a lack of respect from the board and her exclusion “from the rooms where decisions are made”. | In April, Rice wrote of a lack of respect from the board and her exclusion “from the rooms where decisions are made”. |
| The official reason for her stepping down was that the Globe wanted a return to “shared light” productions without modern sound and light rigging. But observers saw it as a battle between the traditional and the experimental, with the latter – and Rice – coming out as loser. | The official reason for her stepping down was that the Globe wanted a return to “shared light” productions without modern sound and light rigging. But observers saw it as a battle between the traditional and the experimental, with the latter – and Rice – coming out as loser. |
| Rice has set up a new theatre company, Wise Children, which has secured regular Arts Council England funding and will be a resident company at London’s Old Vic theatre. | Rice has set up a new theatre company, Wise Children, which has secured regular Arts Council England funding and will be a resident company at London’s Old Vic theatre. |
| The Globe said Terry would become artistic director designate in October and take over fully when Rice leaves in April 2018. | The Globe said Terry would become artistic director designate in October and take over fully when Rice leaves in April 2018. |
| Terry follows in the footsteps of the actor Mark Rylance, who was the Globe’s first artistic director between 1995 and 2005. | Terry follows in the footsteps of the actor Mark Rylance, who was the Globe’s first artistic director between 1995 and 2005. |