Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThis is the RSC's fifth revival of this play in the last 15 years. Such over-familiarity may account for the fact that Lucy Bailey's new production seems to be straining hard to be different. It has a certain energy, but I felt that the actors had been slotted into a pre-existing, heavily visual concept.Bailey's big idea is that Sicilia and Bohemia, where the play's actio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM on January 31, 2013