04 September 2014, The Tablet

Friends reunited


The Two Gentlemen of Verona, ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

 
For Keen Shakespearean theatregoers, the possibility of collecting a complete set of the plays becomes like an adult game of trading cards. But, while a child trusts the manufacturer to have put even the most elusive Pokémon or footballer in a packet somewhere, those seeking to accumulate the full Will are at the mercy of theatres which, especially in tough financial times, are likely to schedule five King Lears to each King John.So it is greatly to the credit of Gregory Doran, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic director, that he has pledged to perform over the next six years all 36 works in the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays, and one of the early benefits of this policy is the first full production on an RSC main stage of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Because
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