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Long ReviewsJul 21, 2021Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Guy Lewis and Toyin Adeyun-Alase in The Comedy of Errors at the Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo: Pete Le May

Guy Lewis and Toyin Adeyun-Alase in The Comedy of Errors at the Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo: Pete Le May

Lively performances and a vivid design energise Shakespeare’s frothy farce of multiple mistaken identities in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s newly constructed outdoor theatre

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