Well, maybe not all of them, but three of them! Hal and Falstaff, presented at the Gladstone by A Company of Fools, under the direction of Margo MacDonald, edits out most of those tedious roll-calls and battles, and concentrates on the friendship. It was presented as if by a bunch of punk actors, with costumes for the roles made up of capes, scraps, and ridiculous beards. There were only 5 actors, --and a couple of puppets--but they played dozens of characters. It was long but very entertaining! The actors had lots of energy and had those long Shakespearean passages almost completely memorized (it was early in the run).
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