The stand-up comedian describes how he gave a modern twist to the Porter's dark jokes in a new RSC production directed by Wils Wilson Shakedowns of Shakespeare scramble the settings. Here's Romeo and Juliet as cokehead Californians, King Lear as a cattle baron, and Titus Andronicus as an ombudsman. But the text remains sacrosanct " Emma Rice's nibbling at the pentameters of A Midsummer Night's Dream irking Globe puri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07PM on July 8, 2023