The Sweet Power of Music

Bruce O’Neil is the former Head of Music for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was Music Director & Supervisor for over 50 RSC productions, including their global hit Matilda and Shakespeare Live!, a BBC TV live broadcast from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016, which was nominated for a BAFTA Television award.

Since 2013 he has been Music Supervisor of the RSC’s Music & Speech recordings, comprising music commissioned by the RSC for every Shakespeare play, including scores composed for the recent survey through the canon between 2013 and 2022 as well as music held at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust archive, composed for productions in Stratford throughout the 20th century.