Henry IV, part 1
Even without its climactic sequel this is a roguishly appealing, stand-alone historical romp.
Even without its climactic sequel this is a roguishly appealing, stand-alone historical romp.
It's not every day that you get to hear a Shakespeare play (or at least a play partly by Shakespeare) for the first time.
Grafting a social conscience onto Barrie's blithely heartless hero isn't as easy as re-attaching lost shadows.
Short, sour and stinging, Slowly pits the seductive rituals of conformity against the risk and indignity of freedom.
There's even the odd pirate, redskin and fairy to be sighted among the motley and comprehensively lost crew.