5 Star Sunday Times Review

The Comedy of Errors 

 

The Sunday Times (John Peter) ***** - The Comedy of Errors

"Andrew Hilton's production is a revelation. This early play is more than a comedy. Voltaire announced that Shakespeare was a barbarian because his tragedies had comic scenes; the great Gallic sage would have been appalled to see a shadow of fear hung over this improbable story. Will poor old Egeon (David Collins) be executed? Can you laugh at Adriana (Dorothea Myer-Bennett) when her husband publicly humiliates her? Or at him (Matthew Thomas) when she humiliates him? The young Shakespeare already knew that life was a two-way game: laughter in the dark, love your neighbour, but don't trust anyone - not our contemporary, but speaking like one. The two Dromios are comic-heroic victims, looking as eerily alike as their tormented masters.
Unmissable."

John Peter - 3rd April 2011

 

To see more reviews click here The Comedy of Errors:

 All production photographs by Farrows Creative.

 The Comedy of Errors