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" What happens is that with difficult processes on a film, they get very intensely compressed because a clock is ticking. "

Kenneth Branagh

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" Sir Derek Jacobi has been an inspiration to so many actors and audiences throughout his brilliant career. To see him in Shakespeare is an event in itself. "

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