There’s Pansies, that’s for Thoughts

A massive hurdle in being a performer of Shakespeare is preconceptions.

Yours and others.

These plays, and roles, and even you as a performer are all preexisting when you walk into the process on day one. The easiest thing to do is pull those preconceptions out of the box, say the words in order and go home.

I don't get paid enough for that. The compensation comes in making something for me or the audience that I haven't tried before or that I haven't seen before.

So the most important thing to do before running headlong into these hurdles is to get down to actual facts.