Romeo and Richard III are enlisted in the casting wars
Who should play whom on stage?
TWO HOUSES, both alike in dignity, have invoked ancient grudges and sparked new mutinies on the vexed question of who should play whom in drama. Both are theatres in London that have made headlines with Shakespearean leads. In different ways they suggest the commotion that casting decisions can cause, the benefits they can confer and the problems left unsolved.
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This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Killer casts”
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