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RSC’s Merchant of Venice is full of puzzling ornaments and accents

Plus: why I’ll be declining an invitation to see Rush when it returns to the theatre

Brian Protheroe delivers a masterclass in in rock-stadium swagger as Aragon in RSC's otherwise obscure Merchant of Venice 
issue 25 July 2020
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    RSC, via iPlayer, until 23 August

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    BBC Four

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