Cottesloe, National TheatreThis is Peter Hall's fourth production of Shakespeare's most beautiful, opal-like comedy. And, even if it cannot efface golden memories of the one he did at Stratford in 1958 and is a bit short on festive exuberance, it catches perfectly the play's melancholy and preoccupation with time, transitoriness and loss.In classic, late-Hall style, there is a rapt attention to verbal detail. You see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40PM on January 18, 2011