juliet

Obviously the correct chronological order is the other way around, but I saw them backwards; which was interesting! in that I noticed various things in Henry VI that they picked up again in Richard III, whereas I suppose it's supposed to be the other way around. (Also when Richard came on I thought "aw yay!" which I'm pretty sure is *not* supposed to be the response to seeing Shakespeare's Richard :D ) Henry VI normally comes in three parts; this was Parts II and III squashed together into 3h20, including two intervals.

Note: I don't think 'spoilers' is exactly a thing in this context, but if you were intending to watch either of these in the week or so before they close (WHICH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND if you can), and you prefer not to read in advance about production choices, perhaps don't read these somewhat rambly observations.

( tl;dr bloody (very bloody) great )