We have been fans of Simon Callow since we saw his one man Dickens performance in London many years ago.
This performance works surprisingly well and leaves you feeling a need to read the sonnets.
He lectures, performs and convinces as he presents the sonnets as the solution to the mystery - who was the Dark Lady? who were the sonnets dedicated to? and ultimately, what do they tell us about Shakespeare himself.
Yes, I should read the sonnets. I'm a fan of Callow too but when the sonnets merged into one another in this performance, my attention wandered.
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