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The 1952 production at Stratford was remarkable for two things: the set and Sir Ralph Richardson’s idiosyncratic interpretation of Volpone. Alan Dent (News Chronicle, 16 July) suggested that the stage looked like paintings by Longhi, and this is probably the most elaborate example of staging the play to recall the Renaissance and Venice in all its opulence. Volpone was George Devine’s first production at Stratford and the choice of a non-Shakespearean play was his. It had been a long time since audiences at the Memorial Theatre had seen a play by anyone other than Shakespeare.
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© 1985 Arnold P. Hinchliffe
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Hinchliffe, A.P. (1985). Ralph Richardson: George Devine’s Production, 1952. In: Volpone. Text and Performance. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06536-3_10
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