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More Than Cool Reason Ever Comprehends – The Lunatic, the Lover, The Poet

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What: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Where: The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST), Stratford-Upon-Avon

Who: The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)

When: February – March 2024

So, when I come to assess a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I am considering a play that I have acted in, directed and produced on a professional level. Whatever else this means, it means that I am coming to view a play that I have strong opinions about. I consider that I have a firm understanding of the play’s strengths.

This I think is important to establish in the critique I offer – not least because I think that Eleanor Rhodes’ direction of the play is remarkably uneven.

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Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out

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What: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Who: Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)

When: June 2018

A mid-season visit to the RSC’s latest interesting adaptation of a Shakespeare classic.

Relevance!

Relevance!

Relevance!

This is the catch word that almost every RSC production screams at you as soon as you enter their building in its quaint setting along the River Avon.

What does Shakespeare have to say to today’s world and its issues?

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