The Daily Mail (London, England), October 20th, 2004
Byline: QUENTIN LETTS WHEN it comes to this year's acting awards, I hope they'll consider the two puppets which star in this astonishing dramatisation of Shakespeare's rueful epic poem about love. The show, co-produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, lasts for 70 minutes. By the end I was so wrapped up with bosomy Venus and her curly-haired beau that it was a surprise not to have them come on for the curtain call, along with their human operators. Their performances here are far more realistic than several human actors I've seen in the past couple of weeks. An entire evening of puppetry...
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