I tend to arrive in the rehearsal process with very strongly developed ideas about what I want to do. But I don't like those ideas to be things that are not subject to change, or subject to development, or subject to challenge. Trevor Nunn arrivechallengechange share on social
The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford. Trevor Nunn bringfledgefully Change image and share on social
I've just taken the decision that I'm going to now go full time back into the theater. Trevor Nunn backdecisionfull Change image and share on social
In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar. Trevor Nunn approvedevelopenglish Change image and share on social
One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed. Trevor Nunn complexdaydirect Change image and share on social
You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the work that ends up on the screen, or I have to leave, and I have to be known to have left. Trevor Nunn choiceendface Change image and share on social
What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a written text, the way that you would persuade anybody to do anything. It has to do with listening, with humility and a sense of yourself. Trevor Nunn analyzehumilitylisten share on social
I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity. Trevor Nunn graspopportunityperform Change image and share on social
Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an ensemble, it was going to be in repertory, it was going to have a home in London as well as in the Midlands, and all of those things were happening at that time. Trevor Nunn companyensemblehall share on social
A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is analysis and having a sense of literature. Trevor Nunn analysisbusinessdirection Change image and share on social
