Is Branagh the Greatest Interpreter of Shakespeare Since Laurence Olivier?
Olivier? This question is central to an understanding of the way historian Mark White has written this very detailed and well-researched biography. There is no doubt where White stands. He is an unashamed admirer of Branagh and he loves the idea of a working-class boy from Belfast, who grew up in Reading, being such a precocious talent that his first film, Henry V, in which he starred and directed, was made when Branagh was only 28. White is in awe of Branagh’s technical acting skills. But more than simply developing a thesis about Branagh’s genius, he tries to dissect why the English have problems with great talent and why they need to engage in savage personal attacks. The result is a fine and engrossing biography of a gifted actor who did much to revolutionise the way movies were made of Shakespeare’s plays. British Theatre Guide, 6 December 2005 By Philip Fisher Kenneth Branagh is an amazing artistic and perhaps human phenomenon. Still only in his mid-forties, he is fully deserving
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- At my middle school, sometimes I ask a DHH student to stay after class for a minute or two, but the interpreter is unable to stay longer than a few seconds because s/he has to dash to the next class. How can I speak privately with a DHH student when the interpreter always has to leave?
- If a teacher endangers a student, or otherwise breaks a local, state, or federal law, how will the interpreter handle that?
- I want to become an interpreter. What is the process?
