Valentine And Proteus Are Best Friends Until They Fall In Love With The Same Girl Having Travelled To Milan In Search Of Adventure They Both Fall For The Dukes Daughter Silvia But Proteus Is Already Sworn To His Sweetheart Julia At Home In Verona And The Duke Thinks Valentine Is Not Good Enough For His Silvia With Friendship Forgotten The Rivals Affections Quickly Get Out Of Hand As The Four Young Lovers Find Themselves On A Wild Chase Through The Woods Confused By Mistaken Identity And Threatened By Fierce Outlaws Before They Find A Path To Reconciliation Press Reviews Theres A Lovely Summery Feel To Simon Godwins Nimble-Footed Modern-Dress Production Of This Early Shakespeare Comedy Its A Stylish And Confident Rsc Debut (Evening Standard ) Director Simon Godwin Eagerly Explores The Light And Dark Sides Of Romance In A Striking Rsc Debut A Delightful Evening (The Guardian ) A Superbly Fleet-Footed Production Of A Play In Which Sunny Comic Exuberance Is Disconcertingly Darkened By Ominous Shadows (The Daily Telegraph ) An Absolute Treat (Whats On Stage ) Cast Mark Arends (Proteus) Michael Marcus (Valentine) Jonny Glynn (The Duke Of Milan) Pearl Chanda (Julia) Sarah Macrae (Silvia) Leigh Quinn (Lucetta) Keith Osborn (Antonio) Nicholas Gerard-Martin (Turio) Stage Director Simon Godwin Designer Paul Wills Catalogue Number Oa1168D Date Of Performance 2013 Running Time 142 Minutes Sound Dolby Stereo /Dts Surround Aspect Ratio 169 Anamorphic Subtitles English Label Opus Arte
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