Simon Godwin’s production of Much Ado About Nothing is set in the 1930’s in a hotel on the Messina Riviera. A swing band gives Shakespeare’s play a potentially screwball musical comedy context. Unfort ...									
								
								
									
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										ROMEO AND JULIET was all set to go into rehearsal and open at The National Theatre in 2020 when Covid-19 closed all theatres. The National, very bravely, decided to go ahead with a hybrid version. Sha ...									
								
								
									
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										Robert Tanitch reviews RSC’s Hamlet on BBC iPlayer. Simon Godwin’s production with Paapa Essiedu in 2016 was a landmark in the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was the first time a black a ...									
								
								
									
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										Robert Tanitch reviews Hansard at National Theatre/Lyttelton The National Theatre advertises actor Simon Woods’ debut play as a witty and devastating portrait of the governing classes. Hansard is a ve ...									
								
								
									
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