Reader Reviews
Romeo and Juliet (Roundhouse, West End)
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 | Was this production intended to reveal the heart of Shakespeare's play or to impress the audience with the brilliance and inventiveness of the director? The latter, I'm afraid. True, the production presented us with many coups de theatre and there was clearly intent to point up significant aspects of the plot and explore the motivation of the characters but, sadly, the whole was much less than the sum of the parts. In this incoherent hotchpotch, we are given, as someone once said about the work of the philosopher, David Hume, local clarity but global obscurity. The best feature of this disappointing piece (given all the hype) is the performance of Mariah Gale as Juliet. She is superb as a fragile, bolshie thirteen-year-old heroine and nowhere better than in the balcony scene. - Mick Greenway | 05 Mar 11 |
