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Earlier this year, the Royal Shakespeare Company hosted a series of online conversations about famed playwright William Shakespeare and his work.

During the first run, we saw some Anglo favorites sit down for a chat, including Dame Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), David Tennant (Doctor Who), David Suchet (Poirot) and Harriet Walter (Killing Eve), just to name a handful.

Starting on November 16, the RSC will be hosting another five events, kicking off with the one and only Sir Ian McKellen (The Good Liar).

McKellen isn't just a screen actor, but has had a long-running career on-stage, joining the RSC in 1974. He's starred in a number of the Company's productions like 1976's Romeo and Macbeth, 1989's Othello and 2007's King Lear.

In other words... he knows his stuff.

Following McKellen, we can look for Dame Helen Mirren on November 23, Roger Allam on November 30, David Oyelowo on December 7 and Jane Lapotaire on December 14.

All of the actors are members of the RSC and you can find their bios here.

The events are live and take place over Zoom, and are accessible to RSC subscribers, members and patrons.

It makes us think of Princess Anne teaching Queen Elizabeth II about how to use Zoom:

Possibly at this point, everyone's worked out the quirks.

We'll just leave you with this: that time when David Tennant answered Shakespeare homework Qs.

Does this make you want to become an RSC member, if not already?