Simon Hoggart

Shakespeare in school

I really wanted to like When Romeo Met Juliet (BBC2, Friday).

issue 05 June 2010

I really wanted to like When Romeo Met Juliet (BBC2, Friday). Television loves new clichés, and since the success of Gareth Malone in The Choir it has decided that getting a bunch of people who wouldn’t know art from a hole in the ground and persuading them to do something artistic makes for great viewing.

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