Actor and director KENNETH BRANAGH (rhymes with "Savannah"). He stars as Lago in the new film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. We feature excerpts from two interviews with BRANAGH from our archives. Branagh's films include a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth, with himself in the title role, "Dead Again," a psychological thriller starring Branagh and Emma Thompson, and Much Ado About Nothing," also starring himself. Branagh was born in Northern Ireland, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, spent two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as acting, managing, and directing other groups and working on several BBC productions. (Rebroadcast from interviews recorded in 1989, and 1991.
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