The Roaring Girl review 'Spirited start to the RSC's heroines season'
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonUpdating this Jacobean play to the 1890s diminishes some of its impact, but it's a rousing productionThe RSC has had the bright idea of giving the new Swan season thematic unity by choosing four plays with strong female protagonists. And the programme gets off to a spirited start with a rare revival of this 1611 play by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton. But, much as I admire the di…