Edward Hall Quotations

I was a terrible actor. The analytical part of my mind never quite let go.

While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong.

We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words.

People come to the theatre to be excited and uplifted - I want to inspire my audience.

I wanted to make the violence beautiful in order to heighten our revulsion.

Normally, an actress has to work to bring out her male side. In our case, the dynamic is reversed. The actor playing her modelled himself on Sharon Stone.

It's amazing. I can't believe how brilliant the whole thing is - my daughter, Georgia, is just wonderful.

Oh, come off it, I've only directed three plays for the RSC.

We felt that although they were patchy, there was a tremendous political energy in the Henry plays.

Jill Fraser was one of the greatest forces in British theatre. She was an inspiration to all my work and a rock whenever times were hard. I have never met a more courageous person, or somebody who managed to focus with such energy and determination on putting challenging work on the stage. As a young director she took a risk on me and has stuck by me even when I made mistakes. Loyalty such as this is rare. The sense of loss at this time is immeasurable.

It makes you wonder, are we really looking? Do we really look? I'm going to be more on point because I can see what can happen and what does happen.