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Theatre Review: The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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It is not all that surprising that Shakespeare’s early play, possibly his first, has not been produced on Stratford’s main stage for 45 years.
This apprentice exercise in romantic comedy poses particular difficulties for any director. The first half of this tale of youthful love and betrayal is full of tortuous word play leaving most of the audience, as one woman commented in the interval, struggling but “getting the gist.”
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