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Play On! review " a warm, elegant comedy that brings 1940s swing to Shakespeare by Arifa Akbar

Bristol Old VicTwelfth Night is relocated to the Cotton Club in this sparkling musical, which luxuriates in its musicality and movement Given the important function of music in Twelfth Night, it seems fitting for Sheldon Epps' 1996 musical riff to make a virtue of it by infusing Shakespeare's comedy of unrequited love and disguise with the sounds of Duke Ellington's jazz and swing. The title itself, after all, refers…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM on January 19, 2025

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