Theatre Royal, BathDavid Haig, like the late Nigel Hawthorne, follows an acclaimed performance in Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III by playing Shakespeare's deranged monarch. But, although Haig is never less than compelling, I'm not sure he is helped by Lucy Bailey's directorial concept, which, in a nutshell, is to transpose Shakespeare's play to the world of 1960s East End gangsterdom.At first, I warmed to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12PM on November 4, 2016