Drama in Language Teaching Podcast

DLT Podcast 14: Paul Leonard Murray

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In this episode I talk to Paul Leonard Murray, former actor and university teacher, long-time drama practitioner and educator, who has been based in Serbia for more than 20 years doing theatre in English with young people.

We talk about:

  • Paul’s career and how he came to found a youth theatre company in Belgrade, who his drama students are and what kind of projects they do
  • why young people enjoy doing drama and theatre in English and what they can learn through this experience
  • how Paul came to writing comedic adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays for young actors in rhyming couplets and why he started with one of the least popular of Shakespeare’s plays
  • Shakespearean language and accessibility of his plays
  • which play Paul might adapt next and what his plans for his company are

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    Drama in Language Teaching PodcastBy Stefanie Giebert