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Alan Rickman, Gemma Lawrence, Joe Banister, Ken Nwosu, Leo Wringer, Leon Annor, Mark Benton, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Patrick Godfrey, Patsy Ferran, Paul Chahidi, Philip Arditti, Rosalie Craig, Siobhan McSweeney, William Shakespeare
One of the things that Shakespeare did throughout his career was draw attention to the very theatricality of his plays. Think of the role of Chorus in Henry V, or the play within a play that is The Taming of the Shrew. As You Like It is very much of the same company; it is, after all, the play in which Jacques delivers his famous speech beginning “All the world’s a stage …”. Given that, therefore, it is well worth giving serious attention to how the play is staged. Continue reading
Through the dark labyrinth 