It's brave to take Shakespeare into the West End in midsummer " and in this of all summers. Greg Doran's all-black, African Caesar certainly doesn't lack for impact, colour, zest, urgency. It takes the audience by the scruff of the neck and rams the play down our throats. The concept is impressive. The set, half Roman amphitheatre, half Nazi bunker dominated by a giant effigy, its back towards us with arm raised in t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PM on August 15, 2012