Loves Labour's Lost
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London from 1st July to 7th October 2007
Self-denial is in fashion at the court of Navarre where
the young King and three of his courtiers solemnly forswear all pleasures
in favour of serious study. But the Princess of France and her all-too-lovely
entourage have other ideas and it isn’t long before young love, with
its glad eyes, hesitations and embarrassments, has broken every self-imposed
rule of the all-male ‘academe’.
Shakespeare’s boisterous send-up of all those who try to turn their
back on life, is a festive parade of every weapon in the youthful playwright’s
comic arsenal: from excruciating cross-purposes and impersonations, to drunkenness,
bust-ups and pratfalls. Even more, it is a joyful banquet of language, groaning
with puns, rhymes, bizarre syntax, grotesque coinages and parodies. This
heady combination enjoys its first outing at the Globe this season.
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What the popular press had to say.....
PAUL TAYLOR for THE
INDEPENDENT says, "Zestful production succeeds in
captivating the audience." THE
FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Warhorse
comedy is seriously over-egged. Most of the laughs come via visual gags,
directorial invention and business from the players." KIERON QUIRKE
for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A particularly unengaging rendering." CHARLES
SPENCER for THE
DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Laborious production."
Audience's reviews:
Domonic Dromgoole brings the jokes of a Shakespearean era
to a contemporary multi-cultural audience alive and kicking. everyone in
the audience anticipated and enjoyed the humour so rarely to come across
by most Shakespearean comedies performed these days. All round great performances.
Sadly this show has left us. 
Phillip
Whiteman (25) London
