Competency and choice

In the past couple of months I've been to two different productions of The Merchant of Venice.  I posted earlier on the Almeida's brilliant Las Vegas-style version, and the very PP-relevant way it interpreted the final act. Last night it was the Globe Theatre's production, with Jonathan Pryce as Sherlock and his daughter as his daughter (i.e. Phoebe Pryce as Jessica).   I have to say that I found this production a good deal less gripping, though I always find it a delight to be in that setting, especially on a fine night with a crescent moon, and there was lots to appreciate. As I noted in the earlier post, choice…
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