Volpone review " slick and well acted, but too self-consciously modern
RSC, Stratford-upon-AvonTrevor Nunn's tech-savvy update reduces this vicious comedy to a slight entertainmentNeon lights, glass-panelled walls, information flashing along an LED strip, mobile phones, selfies - Ben Jonson's 1606 play of greed and corruption is relocated to the 21st century. If the RSC were a character in a Shakespeare play, this season it would be Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The weaver-cum-am…
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