Double Vision

New Statesman › August 05, 2009

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Matching the twins' comic talent, Suzanne Burden is superb as [Christopher Colquhoun]'s jealous wife, ranting about his infidelity, and pouncing on him when at last she discovers the wayward philanderer at large in the town. Too bad that she has jumped on the wrong man. Burden and Sinead Keenan, playing her sister, draw out an interesting dialogue about how women should relate to men, which in its sensitivity seems centuries ahead of its time.

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Double Vision

theatre

Double vision

Two sets of twins and endless puns create charming chaos

The Comedy of Errors

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors is not an easy play to perform. His puns are always difficult for mo...

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