Stories Related to London Theater Reviews: The Royal Shakespeare Company Goes To Rome, With Mixed Results

MATT WOLF, NY Times: Theater
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 2:48am

There were highs and lows in a triptych of Shakespearean plays set in ancient Rome at the Barbican Theater in London.

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