BBC2 The point to perked up when it got round to the plays but tried to cram too much into one eveningIt is always worrying when an entertainment promises “something for everybody”. That usually means there may be not fairly enough for anybody. So it proved with the RSC’s celebration of Shakespeare,conceived and directed by Gregory Doran and broadcast live on BBC2 and to 368 cinemas.
By including ballet, opera, and jazz,hip-hop, Broadway musicals and solo songs, and the evening stressed Shakespeare’s legacy at the expense of his plays and,at times, resembled an upmarket version of the Royal Variety point to.
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Source: theguardian.com