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As You Like It- Shakespeare’s Globe

June 1, 2015 by Carmen Paddock Leave a Comment

Review of: As You Like It
Price:
£43/16/5

Reviewed by: Carmen Paddock
Rating:
4
On June 1, 2015
Last modified:June 16, 2015

Summary:

Delightful, does not disappoint

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This comedy of cross-dressing and woodland capers is always an audience favourite, and the Globe’s new production does not disappoint.

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There is dancing, singing, and wrestling aplenty, with humorous twists found at every turn – notably in the form of anachronisms and audience abuse.  Michelle Terry is an exuberant Rosalind, comically, poignantly in love without losing any of her humanity or wit.  While she and her Orlando, Simon Harrison, seemed slightly older than the usual casting of the lovers, they sell the audience on youthful, head-over-heels romance.  Globe veteran James Garnon makes a memorably dry Jacques, and Gwyneth Keyworth’s Phoebe seems more like a teenager in the throes of adolescent crushes than an adult knowingly tormenting Silvius – a choice which works very well to sell both her infatuation with Rosalind and her acceptance of her shepherd at the conclusion.  Certainly nothing disappoints in this production, yet nothing goes above and beyond the usual well-directed, well-acted Shakespeare produced at the Globe.  It is a delightful piece of theatre, every bit as sparkling as Rosalind’s banter, but it does not redefine understandings of the classic.

As You Like It is at Shakespeare’s Globe until 5th September

cast

David Beames  Duke Senior/Duke Frederick

Daniel Crossley  Touchstone

Patrick Driver Corin

James Garnon Jacques

Simon Harrison Orlando

Gwyneth Keyworth Phebe

William Mannering  Oliver /Amiens

Jack Monaghan Silvius

Sophia Nomvete  Audrey

Ellie Piercy Celia

Gary Shelford  Charles/Hymen

Perri Snowdon  Le Beau/Jacques de Boys

Michelle Terry Rosalind

Phil Whitchurch  Adam

creatives

Directed by
Blanche McIntyre

Designed by
Andrew D Edwards

Composed by 
Johnny Flynn 

Author: Carmen PaddockTheatre goer and theatre writer
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Filed Under: Review Tagged With: As You Like It, Blanche McIntyre, Michelle Terry, Shakespeare's Globe, Simon Harrison

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