Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotElizabeth Godber and Nick Lane relocate Shakespeare's comedy of abstinence to the throbbing heart of 90s hedonism Standards have declined. When Shakespeare set his characters a challenge in his early comedy, he measured it out in years. In a bid to lead a life of contemplative study, the king of Navarre persuades his friends to join him in a three-year regime of abstemiousness, req…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM on March 5, 2025