"A superb production of the complex, speech-heavy and violent Shakespeare classic...The production is underscored by unexpectedly terrific performances from multiple cast members who demonstrate not mere facility, but command of Shakespeare’s language, such as one might expect on a professional stage...The women of this performance were especially powerful...Director Jonathan Hopkins and the entire Smith Street Stage company are to be commended for this production."
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"The major accomplishment of this production is proving that a free show outdoors doesn’t have to mean a second-rate production...The acting is solid across the board...A lack of characterization plagues this interpretation...While the show was well-produced, it oftentimes felt more like a family-friendly version outside of the realities of the world rather than an impassioned depiction of one of the greatest stories of political corruption in the English canon."
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