Now quick pop quiz. Who said this - Logan Roy from Succession or King Lear?
"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!"
Well yes, it's King Lear. But they were both played by the same actor. Brian Cox famously wrote a book about playing King Lear titled The Lear Diaries. He's now playing Logan Roy in the smash hit HBO show succession. Shakespeare aficionado Trevor Bell has been teaching drama on the North Shore of Auckland since the early 1980s and he's directing a new production of The Merchant of Venice for Shoreside Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park 2022. He joins Emile to talk about the modern impact of the bard.
Brian Cox as patriarch and mogul Logan Roy in Succession. Photo: HBO
