Adrian Lester
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494 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 7 Jul
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And then it was so successful, we brought it back to do the play again.
Then Peter wanted the production at the Bouffes du Nord.
So we played at the Bouffes du Nord.
and Peter and I met, we spoke, chatted, and then about, I don't know, how many years later, I get a phone call, Peter Brook would like to speak to you about a Shakespeare project, to which of course you say, yes!
And I said, yes!
And I spoke to Peter about it and I realized it was Hamlet.
And I didn't know.
I thought, is it Laertes?
Is it Peter Brook?
And he said it was to play the part of Hamlet.
But he just didn't know what version he was going to do and whether it was this or that.
And he didn't know.
And he was just exploring.
And he wanted to do some workshops.
He wanted to do some...
And I thought, yes, I'll do some workshops.
And I realized while doing the workshops that he was actually interested in two other actors, which quickly narrowed down to me and another actor.
And then eventually he chose that other actor to play the part.
By which time I was...
so done with the whole auditioning and I'm not sure and we're exploring and can you be more this but can you be more that but can you be more this and I just after a while I thought pausing and waiting for the thing that you really really really really want just leaves you pausing and waiting and things are passing you by while you're just waiting and I thought I can't do this anymore and I was glad when he called up and said and he did it personally I'm sorry but we're going to go with another actor we're going to
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