The Winter's Tale Reviews
Sophestry from London,
THE WINTERS TALE IS SERIOUSLY UNDERWHELMING
So yesterday I went to see The Winters Tale, a Shakespearian play directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, starring Kenneth Branagh and Judy Dench. The show had full star reviews from several major publications so one would assume it would be a pretty good show. It was not. I think because The Winters Tale is in itself a confusing and I believe badly told story that makes absolutely no sense, that meant the actors found it hard to engage with the play and portray their characters properly. I’m not really sure if the acting was bad because of the play, or if they play was bad because of the acting, but something was definitely wrong. I am not sure if Kenneth Branagh has a unique acting style or if he was genuinely forgetting his lines throughout the play, but there were several awkward pauses and sometimes it really felt like the actors were just saying words and didn’t really have any idea what they were saying and didn’t really have any idea what they were saying, which would have made sense as most of the time I had no idea what they were saying either.
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DELIGHTFUL Intimate exceptional
This all-star-cast - and that title extends to every member of the company - are just exceptional in this three act play that leaps between tragedy, comedy and romance.
Dame Judy sparkles and fizzes her way through with a presence that makes everyone sit up and listen, players and audience alike.
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