‘Every family has silences’: Kathryn Hunter on despair, desire, dislodgeable limbs – and her acting genius

TL;DR

• She has played King Lear, all three witches in Macbeth and an ape turned variety performer in Kafka’s Monkey. As she prepares for a new show, she discusses the soaring highs and deep lows of her extraordinary life Kathryn Hunter pulls off her black beanie and sits down.