Set for revival at the RSC, this perfectly structured revenge comedy has an earthy vitality that no aristo or scholar could have created I have a question for those theatrical luminaries (and I'm looking at you Sir Mark and Sir Derek) who doubt the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Do they seriously believe that a capricious aristo such as the Earl of Oxford or a legalistic scholar like Francis Bacon could have writ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM on May 20, 2024