Post by bee on Sept 5, 2016 18:55:40 GMT
I saw this at the weekend. I went without really having any knowledge of the play and was pleasantly surprised, given that it’s hardly ever performed, that it is actually half-decent, no worse than a lot of the “proper” Shakespeare plays.
I thought it was an excellent production on the whole, the mostly young and unknown (to me at least) cast were all pretty solid with good performances all round, especially the two leads and the jailer’s daughter. Since going I’ve read a couple of reviews which said some of the actors’ diction was a bit off but it seemed fine to me (other than at one point towards the end which I assume was deliberate).
My main motivation in going to this was to tick off a Shakespeare play I hadn’t seen before but it turned out to be a good and worthwhile night out.
I thought it was an excellent production on the whole, the mostly young and unknown (to me at least) cast were all pretty solid with good performances all round, especially the two leads and the jailer’s daughter. Since going I’ve read a couple of reviews which said some of the actors’ diction was a bit off but it seemed fine to me (other than at one point towards the end which I assume was deliberate).
My main motivation in going to this was to tick off a Shakespeare play I hadn’t seen before but it turned out to be a good and worthwhile night out.
