The Shakespeare Soap Opera
Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool: The theatre is packed but I am alone. I’m watching the Merry Wives by Shakespeare and am enjoying it.
But I’m not sure how to review it. How do you review a Shakespeare play? Hasn’t it all been said and done before? Shouldn’t you know the great man’s body of work? Seen his plays? Be able to compare them? Be fluent and conversational in their interpretation? Shouldn’t I be highly intelligent, erudite and well-read? (more…)