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#rowanwilliams #lecture In this video lecture, Rowan Williams explores what it means to create characters in drama. What happens to characters when we try to use them as mouthpieces for our own views, or when they refuse to play the roles we have allotted to them? Using Hamlet, Falstaff and Prospero from Shakespeare's plays as examples, with reflections on works by Iris Murdoch and Bernard Shaw, Dr Williams asks what we can learn about human nature and free will from the process of creating theatre. This Kathleen Hall Memorial lecture, "Rebels and Puppets: what does it mean to create characters in drama?", is the first in a series exploring faith through drama in a wide theological and theatrical context. It was given by Radius' Patron, the Rt Revd Dr Rowan Williams, on 18 September 2021 in St Oswald's Church, Thirsk. Credits: Video: David Tucker Editing, Titles, Image Research and Post Production: John Ablett Images: Logo: Barry Dunnage Photo of Rowan Williams: Barry Dunnage Cover of "The Sea, The Sea" by Iris Murdoch, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheSeaTheSea.JPG "En attendant Godot, Festival d'Avignon, 1978 f22", by Fernand Michaud, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En_attendant_Godot,_Festival_d%27Avignon,_1978_f22.jpg, CC0 Public Domain "Ambrogio Maestri as Falstaff, Vienna State Opera, 2016" by Christian Michelides, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falstaff_3.jpg , Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) "Barrie Rutter as King Lear, Catherine Kinsella as Cordelia, Northern Broadside production of King Lear, Feb 2014", by Nobby Clarke, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelowry/16945795222/, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic - (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/) "Helsingr / Elsinore. Hamlet Live p Kronborg.", by Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zealand_2016-07-31_(29394895232).jpg, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) "Prospero and Caliban from the RSC 1993 production of The Tempest", by Bardolator21, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prospero_and_Caliban.jpg, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) For further information about Radius visit: www.radiusdrama.org.uk