Royal Shakespeare Company co-founder John Barton dies at 89

19/1/2018 18:35

        John Barton, co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has died. He was 89.
        
        The company said on its website Thursday night that Barton had died earlier in the day.
        
        He co-founded the company in 1960 and spent the rest of his career with the group.
        
        Barton directed many classic plays and taught generations of actors how to approach Shakespeare's works.
        
        RSC artistic director Gregory Doran said Barton was a master at unraveling hints left by Shakespeare in his verses.
        
        Doran said Barton had a rare "ability to uncover the clues that Shakespeare wrote into the text to enable actors to deliver it with freshness and vivid clarity."
        
        Barton's "Playing Shakespeare" workshops were often shown on television beginning in 1982.