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Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare's Globe by Marianka Swain

"Comedy, love and a bit with a dog," counselled Henslowe in Stoppard's Shakespeare in Love, and his populist advice is taken to heart in this broad, bawdy, big-hearted farce untroubled by nuanced characterisation or context. Jessica Swale recalls Horrible Histories in her modern-language romp through the Restoration, ensuring a lively end to the Globe's season, but playing to the galleries does a disservice…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 8:55pm on September 24, 2015

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