Photograph by Topher McGrillis.
A debut season with the RSC for six of the cast whose high spirits and enthusiasm was clearly enjoyed by a responsive and enthusiastic audience. The comic timing of the lines was faultless and adds to the merriment which this production abounds.
Costume is ‘as you like it’ with a variety of periods on stage. Meanwhile, The magical forest of Arden is conjured into being through music and the strange optical illusion suggesting sunlight streaming through a forest canopy while actors float above a grey disc. Very mysterious.
The play ends with multiple marriages overseen by the god Hymen. A most impressive and strange creation.
A tantalizing and thoroughly enjoyable production.
RSC Friends 
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