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A Mad World My Masters, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon by Natasha Tripney

Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: For his RSC debut, Sean Foley has dropped Thomas Middleton's exceptionally bawdy comedy into a seedy 1950s Soho setting. On a basic level this update works and the general licentiousness and the low-level criminality of the play translates fairly well to mid-20th century London, the two worlds merging successfully. Foley and playwright Phil Porter have also tinkered with the te…

SOURCE: The Stage at 07:16AM on June 14, 2013

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