Photograph by Lucy Barriball.
Shakespeare’s narrative poem has not been staged at the RSC since 2004. Greg Doran’s revival is enchanting and knits together the narrative poem with musical interludes, and beautifully modelled marionettes. The skill of the puppeteers in bringing the narrated text to life is wonderful to behold. The puppets slightest movements convey the whole spectrum of romantic passion and its vicissitudes. It is by turns, comic, tragic, and erotic.
The set evokes a magical, pastoral landscape enhanced by delightful interludes of classical guitar.
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