The heading of your review of the Globe Theatre's Imogen, "Sex, drugs and gang war erupt…" (26 September), could just as well be a strapline for a number of Shakespeare's plays, and while Cymbeline may not be a about a "drug-driven world", many of his plots hinge on the use of drugs, potions and poisons. From the "love-in-idleness" (Viola tricolor) love potion in A Midsummer Night's Dream to the "juice of cursed he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:20PM on September 27, 2016