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Not Quite What You Will, but Almost

November 10, 2017 by Paul Levy Leave a Comment

Not Quite What You Will, but Almost

“What country, friends, is this?”  You might well ask. In the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Twelfth Night the opening line is delivered by Viola/Cesario, played by Dinita Gohill, in gorgeous Indian get-up, and when we glimpse Esh Alladi as her twin, Sebastian, and Beruce Khan as a turban-topped Feste, you wonder whether director Christopher Luscombe has set Shakespeare’s … [Read more...]

Making What You Will of Malvolia

March 21, 2017 by Paul Levy Leave a Comment

Making What You Will of Malvolia

  Having spent the past five weeks in Palm Beach, where I stayed four doors away from Mar-a-Lago, the winter palace of the current Lord of Misrule, I came late to the Twelfth Night party at the National Theatre, which opened last month. We often forget that Twelfth Night or What You Will was offered as a traditional entertainment for the end of the Christmas season. Shakespeare, of course, … [Read more...]

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