The HOLLOW Crown Sat 7 July

The Hollow Crown for a hollow production, Sat 7 July. Three of us watched it. General response: no celebration this of a work by Shakespeare; slovenly articulation, Jeremy Irons excepted.   Direction adrift, otherwise aimless rushing around. WS bethumped by the noise of hooves.  Bright spot? Well, it was a pity that the scene between Falstaff and Hal came near to being moving because it pointed up how dreary was the rest of the piece.  Simon Rusell Beale snored.