Although the plot has been reset in Loveless, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1929, it is an improvement over the original story as a romantic comedy: Shakespeare's version ends with a death and four pairs of lovers departing and agreeing to meet in a year's time. Loveless, Texas puts the funeral at the end of the first act, and brings all four couples, plus two more, together by the final curtain, which is m…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:44PM on September 17, 2017