Arden of Faversham review Elizabethan tragedy goes modern
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonLaudable performances and stage design save the RSC's contemporary makeover of this 16th-century true-crime dramaMuch as I welcome the idea of a Swan season devoted to female protagonists, I am increasingly puzzled by the approach. First The Roaring Girl was transposed to the 1890s. Now this quintessentially Elizabethan domestic tragedy, penned anonymously in 1591, has been given a mo…