This play gets lots of flak, and I think unjustly. I see it as Shakespeare experimenting with everything he knew how to do simultaneously. It works for me, and the results are astonishing, especially the ending. I liked the cast and I enjoyed the setting, though it was a strange choice for a play set during the reign of Augustus. It looks like the Netherlands during the era of Rembrandt, so that creates some discontinuity between what they are saying and where they are. My wife pointed out, and I agree, that it is very odd to think that any woman would forgive a man who had ordered her murder. I wish Fellini were still alive to do a version of this. If Tarsem Singh decided to take on this play that would be something. Now that Joss Whedon has directed his first Shakespeare...
