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John Madden shares his varied experiences directing radio, British theatre, BBC television drama, and feature films like the international hit Shakespeare in Love. But his true passion for drama was fed outside of the classroom working with, and eventually running, the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company. He began his professional career at the BBC in the 's, but quickly left for an opportunity to develop and direct radio dramas for National Public Radio in the United States.

He directed Wings , written by Arthur Kopit, for radio, the stage in New York, and as a television movie. The successful turns allowed Madden to direct and teach theater both in the United States and the United Kingdom. Brown , led to the opportunity to direct Shakespeare in Love His background in having staged many Shakespeare productions paid off as the film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture in Madden recalls the difficult task of casting the lead actor to play William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love , his strong feeling about Joseph Fiennes being right for the role and the value of a second audition.

Madden considers trusting your instincts, no matter the consequences, to be one of the most important lessons a director must learn in his or her career. Exploring the central theme of the corrosive nature of a lie animated Madden's approach to The Debt.

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