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This is quite simply the best venue for staging au...

This is quite simply the best venue for staging authentic Shakespeare. The dropped star is because of the audience, which is also probably quite authentic. The problem is the gangs of schoolchildren, who do not know how to behave. In recent visits, a group seated behind me quoted all the best lines in loud whispers to each other, just before delivery. "Alas, poor Yorick," was not a line intended to be repeated...On top of that, the keen students had also brought along a copy of the play text book, and noisily thumbed their way through the show. On another occasion, three teenagers chatted loudly throughout the performance while leaning against the stage. I'm surprised one of the actors didn't complain. I'm sure the actors would have been less reticent in Shakespeare's day. Perhaps this season's ultra politically correct performers are willing to tolerate such irritations. Personally, I was happy when an usher asked the young people to be quiet, but they had made a fair fist of ruining the evening by then.

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