This was the first show I saw at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. I have seen hundreds there since then but as a student in the first year of my English course at Birmingham University this show and one other (see a later post) made me an RSC fan for life. Judi Dench played both Perdita and Hermione with some clever trickery when both characters appear together for the first time in the final scene. The sheep-shearing festival was accompanied by a rock score and wild dancing. Derek Smith as Autolycus proved that, of course, Shakespeare’s clowns can still be funny today. An absolutely magical evening.
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