What: All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Where: The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST), Stratford-upon-Avon
When: August 22-28 2022 (runs until late October 2022)
Who: The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
William Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” is, they say, a problem play. Having read all the main literature on that subject, I’m still not convinced on that subject, but this I do know – the RSC’s current production of it makes it more of a problem than it needs to be.
What: Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon, England
Who: The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
When: 18th October 2018
As always, in recent years, I have titled my assessment of an RSC production with a quote or two from the play itself, but I must admit, even to myself, that this title is a little hard to understand and consequently it won’t help you to get to the heart of what I’m trying to say in this review unless I break it down a little.
To explain I must digress a little…
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.
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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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