The actor talks about ER, Doctor Who, going back to her roots with the RSC and why her female Prospero makes The Tempest ‘more dangerous’ 🎙️ Interview:
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It was a role that made Kingston’s name internationally, and after Corday made her final exit from Chicago’s fictional County General, she could have stayed in Hollywood. Instead – though she still has a home in LA, currently rented out – she has returned to the UK and settled in Oxfordshire. The world of Freestone’s production is present-day, and the titular storm an extreme weather event caused by climate change. Previous RSC Prosperos include Simon Russell Beale, Patrick Stewart and Derek Jacobi; for hers, Kingston says, the psychological stakes are higher, and Shakespeare’s supernatural creatures, Ariel and Caliban, represent challenges and dangers that are entirely human.
“I’ve had to raise Miranda to be someone who potentially will end her days on the island, when I’m no longer there, with Caliban, this predatory male. That’s not to say those tensions are not there when a man plays Prospero, but somehow I’ve always felt that the nuances get lost along the way – because it’s a man standing up to men, and wanting his dukedom back.
“I wasn’t really aware of the furore around it over here, or what that meant for my status, or anything like that. I was just there going to work every day, driving to and from the studio, having a great time. But I’m not a schmoozer, so I never really went to parties or did any of that stuff.”
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