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Timing is everything: how plays find their moments by Mark Lawson

Whether it's coalition government, banking or war, scenes or subjects " even apparently inconsequential " can take on a new resonance for audiences in the light of current eventsA director once told me that the main purpose of rehearsals for a modern Shakespeare production was to "get rid of the unintended laughs". But as long as the audience is laughing with, rather than at, the play, accidental resonances are one o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM on July 11, 2012

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