Michelle Terry won an Olivier Award for her acting in 2011 but has never turned her hand to directing on stage Francesco Guidicini/Sunday TimesThe new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe is an established actress with no experience of directing on stage. Michelle Terry, 38, will take up the role in April next year and succeeds Emma Rice, 49, who was forced to quit last year after a row with the theatre’s trustees. The quarrel, which resulted from a power struggle over whether Rice had the freedom to use modern lighting and sound equipment, prompted speculation that the trustees would struggle to find an experienced director. Terry, who won an Olivier Award in 2011 for her supporting role in Tribes at the Royal Court theatre in London, has performed in central roles three times at the Globe including Rosalind in As You Like It (2015) and Titania and Hippolyta…

Source: The Times July 24, 2017 11:03 UTC