‘Perhaps the most superb work in the language’ said Thomas de Quincey of Shakespeare’s rarely-performed The Two Noble Kinsmen. It’s a shame then that the ‘Instant Classics’ theatre company, who are putting the work on at the White Bear Theatre in South London this summer, do not have the same grasp of the English tongue.
In a press release announcing the show they managed to spell William Shakespeare incorrectly:
‘Shakespears Two Noble Kinsmen comes to the White Bear’
Mr S is not sure this bodes well for the performance.
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