What makes a Shakespearean character “good” or “bad”? In much of my work with Pigeon Creek this issue doesn’t arise: I tend to present as a relatively genial, like-able guy, and the majority of my roles so far accept and play with that reality. Romeo and Juliet is different. First, I’m cast in one and only one role, Lord Capulet (that happens rarely). Second, the role is not, on first examination, sympathetic. While actors tend to want to play villains, since the received wis