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Pericles
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
THIS fairy tale for adults, thought to have been only partially Shakespeare’s work, is relatively rarely produced today on the modern stage. It did not even appear in the First Folio, the Bard’s Bible. Yet it was apparently very popular in its own day.
Tamara Harvey’s new production for the RSC should serve to resurrect its popularity.
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