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Ciaran O'Brien as Sebastian and Michelle Terry as Viola (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s Globe (2021)

The star of this play for me was Nadine Higgin's Sir Toby Belch.  She has magnificent stage presence.  I do wonder whether we are meant to like Sir Toby as much as we did?  But I loved every moment she was onstage and her interaction with Maria (NadiKemp-Sayfi) was brilliant. 

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Rebekah Murrell as Juliet and Alfred Enoch as Romeo (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe (2021)

What is thrilling about this production is the two principal actors, Rebekah Morrell as Juliet and Alfred Enoch as Romeo.  The love and attraction connection between these two is believable and we want them to succeed.  They both speak the verse really well so we can hear every word in this space, when at some time, because of columns, we will be unable to see who is speaking.        

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