STRATFORD-UPON-AVON (UNITED KINGDOM) – Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company has returned to the stage after an enforced 18-month absence due to the coronavirus pandemic — at a specially built open-air theatre in the bard’s home town.
The first performance of “The Comedy of Errors” took place on Tuesday night, in front of a 250-strong crowd — half the capacity until pandemic restrictions are eased in England next week.
“This feels like the real spirit of Shakespeare. You’ve just got the words, the space and the audience,” actor Greg Haiste told AFP before the show.
“And you’ve got that wonderful shared experience which we’ve been missing so much over the…
