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The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Jack Absolute Flies Again; Crazy for You

by Susannah Clapp

Lyttelton; Olivier, London; Chichester festival theatreShakespeare's comedy is the gift that keeps on giving; Mrs Malaprop's a loose cannon in Richard Bean's Battle of Britain take on Sheridan; and who can resist Gershwin? Much Ado About Nothing " that rare Shakespearean comedy in which the heroine does not have to put on doublet and hose to be a wit " is proving to be the play of the summer. Two months ago, Lucy Bai…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:37am on July 24, 2022