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Evening Standard
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Tim Bano

The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare’s Globe review – daft, bawdy and boisterous with magnificent codpieces

When one character punches a dagger-wielding nun in a riotous brawl near the beginning of this production, you know you’re in for a good time.

Sean Holmes, associate artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, hasn’t done much to tinker with The Comedy of Errors, one of Shakespeare’s earliest and shortest plays. Instead he tunes into the silliness, and turns it up as far as it can go.

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