Eve Best

She is a great actress, but has she aby experience of running a theatre? Esp one which needs a lot of goodwill and a very strong post Emma rice season... (At short notice as well!)

When they were hiring Dromgoole's replacement, the requirements were that the applicant be a director or actor of some note who would participate directly in at least one production a season. No previous building management experience required. Indeed, with everything that's gone down recently, they'd be better off without someone who *doesn't* have the experience, as the board are clearly poised to get involved with major decision-making and an experienced building manager may well find them just too THERE.

Context and History includes:

"Plays are staged during the season most afternoons, as they would have been in
the 16th and 17th centuries; and also in the evenings, using stage lighting that is
a simulacrum of daytime light whilst actors’ voices are heard without the use of
contemporary amplification equipment."

Key Responsibilities include:

"• To ensure that the programming in the Globe Theatre, Sam Wanamaker

Playhouse and on tour provide a satisfying and coherent balance of traditional,

experimental and international work in line with the Globe’s mission and statement

of playing conditions."

Wonder who'll get it (different question to who you would like to get it). Any guesses ? Think I'll go for Lucy Bailey.

I think an actress such as Eve Best would be a terrific choice for Shakespeare's Globe. She's proven her ability as an actress interpreting Shakespeare, thanks to interviews she's shown us that she's smart and if we look at her career choices, she's been pretty smart about those as well. I've no doubt this time around the Board will make sure to ask the appropriate questions about maintaining their mission statement in the choice of directors and designers for their productions. And I feel similarly about Jamie Parker ( but that's a different thread.