Sam Gold

I wanted the world on stage to reflect the world that that generation of audience member experiences in life, which is what Shakespeare did. Shakespeare was a populist, and Shakespeare was putting plays on to communicate very directly with his popular audience. The jokes were of the moment. There's a song referenced in Romeo and Juliet,

The nurse's servant, Peter, after everybody thinks Juliet's dead, says to the musicians, because there are always live musicians in a Shakespeare play, and they sort of break the fourth wall. And Peter says to the musician that is underscoring the Shakespeare play, will you play Heart's Ease? Because my heart is full, and we need a silly dump to comfort us.

The nurse's servant, Peter, after everybody thinks Juliet's dead, says to the musicians, because there are always live musicians in a Shakespeare play, and they sort of break the fourth wall. And Peter says to the musician that is underscoring the Shakespeare play, will you play Heart's Ease? Because my heart is full, and we need a silly dump to comfort us.

The nurse's servant, Peter, after everybody thinks Juliet's dead, says to the musicians, because there are always live musicians in a Shakespeare play, and they sort of break the fourth wall. And Peter says to the musician that is underscoring the Shakespeare play, will you play Heart's Ease? Because my heart is full, and we need a silly dump to comfort us.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

So I use a pop song from this generation's vocabulary because that's what Shakespeare was doing. He was taking a song everybody knew and making a joke using it to lighten the mood on stage. And that's what I'm doing. It's not cynical. It's genuinely trying to do for a young audience now what I firmly believe is what Shakespeare was trying to do with his audience.

So I use a pop song from this generation's vocabulary because that's what Shakespeare was doing. He was taking a song everybody knew and making a joke using it to lighten the mood on stage. And that's what I'm doing. It's not cynical. It's genuinely trying to do for a young audience now what I firmly believe is what Shakespeare was trying to do with his audience.

So I use a pop song from this generation's vocabulary because that's what Shakespeare was doing. He was taking a song everybody knew and making a joke using it to lighten the mood on stage. And that's what I'm doing. It's not cynical. It's genuinely trying to do for a young audience now what I firmly believe is what Shakespeare was trying to do with his audience.

How sweet... You, Sam, you've directed now all five of Shakespeare's tragedies.

How sweet... You, Sam, you've directed now all five of Shakespeare's tragedies.

How sweet... You, Sam, you've directed now all five of Shakespeare's tragedies.

Yes. And, you know, my sort of mentor coming up was the director, Elizabeth LeCompte. And the way Liz would work is... From the Worcester Group.

Yes. And, you know, my sort of mentor coming up was the director, Elizabeth LeCompte. And the way Liz would work is... From the Worcester Group.

Yes. And, you know, my sort of mentor coming up was the director, Elizabeth LeCompte. And the way Liz would work is... From the Worcester Group.

The Worcester Group. What she does is when she gets to the end of a project, she starts the next project sort of...

The Worcester Group. What she does is when she gets to the end of a project, she starts the next project sort of...

The Worcester Group. What she does is when she gets to the end of a project, she starts the next project sort of...

from there like the set from one project becomes kind of the raw materials to start making the next one like they're all one they're all sort of flowing one to the next on these shakespeare's it really goes back to a feeling i had when i was in school i went to grad school at juilliard and there were these really young companies of actors and they you know they lived and breathed