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Isabella

Isabella

Sophie Thompson [Isabella] in the Globe's 2004 Measure for Measure

Measure For Measure (2004)

Sophie Thompson

This is Sophie's first season at Shakespeare's Globe. Her previous Shakespearean roles include Helena in All's Well That Ends Well, Rosalind in As You Like It and Ophelia in Hamlet. Sophie has also performed in the musicals Company, Wildest Dreams and Into the Woods – she received an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as the Baker's Wife (Into the Woods). You can also see Sophie in the films Four Weddings and a Funeral, Emma, Relative Values, Gosford Park, Nicholas Nickleby and Young Visitors. Her television credits include Jonathan Creek, Persuasion and Railway Children.

Actor's Bulletins

Rehearsal Notes: 7

This is Sophie's final blog post. This week she discusses the experience of taking the play to Hampton Court Palace, and how performing in an entirely different space has helped inform playing at t...

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Rehearsal Notes: 6

In her penultimate blog post Sophie discusses the first preview performance, the dynamic between stage and audience and coping with pigeons. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 5

In her fifth blog post Sophie discusses the technical rehearsals: moving on the stage, performing to tour groups and getting used to her costume. She also looks forward to the first performances....

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Rehearsal Notes: 4

In her fourth blog post Sophie discusses the experience of taking to the Globe stage, how the final Act has progressed since last week, and taking inspiration from another play on this season....

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Rehearsal Notes: 3

In her third blog post Sophie discusses the differences between playing prose and verse, her thoughts on the Prison scene, and the difficulties of presenting a perspective that's very alien to mode...

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