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Average customer review: 4.5 star rating (4.3 Stars)

Number of reviews: 5

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5.0 star rating Roma from From Newcastle

HEART-WARMING!

We so enjoyed the play! Viola was amazing and Kit Marlowe rather stole the show! Mis-cast... We felt he'd have made a better Will. Shakespeare himself would have been more convincing with a beard but his performance was energetic and professional. The whole cast deserve praise for excellent teamwork! Altogether a great performance!

5.0 star rating Audrey from London,

SUCH GOOD ENTERTAINMENT!

With seats in the Grand Circle last night I thoroughly enjoyed the production of Shakespeare in Love. A good story was well played out, strikingly holding the audience's attention in moments of drama & comedy. The music, dance, & costumes supported the actors successfully. Go & see this wonderful entertainment!

5.0 star rating Anonymous from London,

BRILLIANT ADAPTION

Went this evening with apprehension about how it could be brought to the stage. All characters played their parts beautifully and the comedy interspersed with the drama was enjoyed across the whole of the audience if the howls of laughter was to go by. As Queen Elizabeth 1 says ....'love the bit with the dog' . A must see !!!!

4.0 star rating Malcolm curtis from London,

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We sat in the dress circle and everyone was leaning forward and blocking our view , suggest you move the front of stage action further back . In the second half the singing drowned the dialogue between Shakespeare and viola. Why are you not adopting the best part of the film when viola to the surprise of all takes over the Juliet role. Fennyman was excellent but I feel he should take on the style in the film being agresive but thoughtful, there was too much shouting the character needs to change through the play to appreciate the actors.

2.5 star rating Golden Sounds from London, UK

NOT A PALPABLE HIT FOR ME...

This stage adaptation of an Oscar-winning movie turns out to be rather hard going. It might be acceptable at the National Theatre or RSC but my feeling is that West End audiences aren't going to take to it, particularly as Shakespeare has discovered that his boy actor is really a girl by the interval, so the interminably long second half has nowhere to go.. The advance publicity implied it was a musical, and there is a pop song being played on the radio, but such music as there is is too "authentic" for a commercial audience. It might have helped if they had cast a star name in the title role. Are there enough luvvies to keep the show running until the end of October? I doubt it.

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