(Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/23.)
This week, I spent six hours watching Shakespeare plays: as much as four hours of which may not have been written by Shakespeare. The RSC is celebrating the reopening of its spectacularly renovated theatres in Stratford with productions of Cardenio, a previously unperformed work connected with their resident dramatist, and the latest revival of Macbeth, a boldly counter-intuitive choice for introducing a new venue, given the deep theatrical superstitions surrounding it.