Richard II in a hot tub, Much Ado done anew: Canada's Stratford festival puts shocks into Shakespeare by Chris Wiegand

A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick's romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force Drive west of Toronto for over an hour, beyond a hamlet called Punkeydoodles Corners, and you reach the village of Shakespeare, with a pie shop and truck centre bearing the Bard's name. Up the road lies Stratford, an affable town where Romeo Street leads you…

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