Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Bush, LondonThe shoes do the talking, eventually, in the RSC's handsome yet overpolite take on Andersen's grisly fairytale. And action outruns plot as two Bow boys dream of crypto riches No tinsel but plenty of tangled woods. So much in fairytale overlaps with Shakespeare: death-defying stupors, disguises, ambiguous magicians, unparented heroines. Yet the folktale kernel is distinct: a raw …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM on November 24, 2024