Hey, at least it's not as intractable as Troilus and Cressida.
The Melbourne production of The Merchant of Venice that I saw basically worked, even given the difficulties, but a few years later the same company did Troilus. It suffers badly from having a heroine who switches sides half way through the play for no readily apparent reason. All the reviews at the time said 'nifty production, but WTF was Will thinking when he wrote this?'
Shakespeare produced quite a few impossible plays, and yet we can't leave them alone.
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Date: 2006-10-22 10:27 pm (UTC)Hey, at least it's not as intractable as Troilus and Cressida.
The Melbourne production of The Merchant of Venice that I saw basically worked, even given the difficulties, but a few years later the same company did Troilus. It suffers badly from having a heroine who switches sides half way through the play for no readily apparent reason. All the reviews at the time said 'nifty production, but WTF was Will thinking when he wrote this?'
Shakespeare produced quite a few impossible plays, and yet we can't leave them alone.