The ladies of France shine in a production that otherwise makes heavy weather If ever there was a play of "well bandied" words, it's surely Love's Labour's Lost. The early Shakespearean comedy may once have hit a highpoint for verbal wit, but much of that context " the word plays, the allusions, the sheer stylistic preening that would have had a certain in-joke quality for its initial courtly audience " has rather e…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:06AM on August 30, 2018