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Like Any Classic You Hope To Get Rid Of All The Varnish That's Built Up Over The Centuries Where People Expect It To Be In A Certain Way. It's A Mighty Play. It's About A Very Old King Who Also Happens To Be A Very Old Father, So You've Got The State And The Domestic Levels In There Together. It's A Story In Extremis. Everyone Knows The End, There's Only Two People Left Alive.

Yes, Anally Retentive Men Are My Forte!

I Went To England In The '70s, And I Was In My Early 20s. There Was Still A Residue Of That Era Of Being An Underclass Or Colonial. I Assume It Must Have Been A More Aggressive And Prominent Attitude 40 Years Before That, Because Australia Internationally Wasn't Regarded As Having Much Cultural Value. We Were A Country Full Of Sheep And Convicts.

But As My Voice Coach Keeps Saying, If We Actually Spoke The Way They Imagine The Elizabethan Voice Might Have Been, We Wouldn't Be Able To Understand It.

That's One Of Those Questions Where Somebody Says "would You Like To See More Women Behind The Camera?" And Then It Becomes I Must Have Interrupted The Interview To Make A Platform Stance. But, No, I Do Believe It. In Australia, Per Capita, We've Got A Slightly More Balanced And Healthier Statistic Than Here. I've Only Just Started Working More Regularly With Female Ads And Its Just A Beautiful, Different Energy On Set.