Phillip Potempa, The Times of Northwest Indiana
May 9, 2014
Only in the great work of William Shakespeare‘s epic“Henry V,” do the small details, such as tennis balls, receive such royal treatment.
This is the same rich, royal treatment given by celebrated British director Christopher Luscombe, in his Chicago debut, as he presents a rousing and action-packed stage telling of “Henry V,” the play that inaugurated Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 1986. That performance was in the company’s previous space, the rooftop of Lincoln Park’s Red Lion Pub.
For this turn, the story gets a far more expansive landscape at the Courtyard Theater at Navy Pier now through June 15.
And yes, early on, just as told by The Bard, tennis balls abound. […continued]
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