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Europe and UK's most-established open-air Shakespeare touring theatre company.

LIVELY, ENJOYABLE OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE THEATRE FOR EVERYONE.

THE MOST ENJOYABLE SUMMER OPEN-AIR SHAKESPEARE THEATRE,

for 34 years promoted by The National Trust, public and private heritage sites and theatres in mainland Europe, the UK and the Isle of Man. Presented with a similar theatre set up as Shakespeare's company The King's Men.

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Any suitors of Portia, a rich Italian heiress, must select from three caskets, of gold, silver or lead, the portrait which her father in his will promises her hand in marriage. Bassanio, a young Venetian, already loves Portia, but his spendthrift ways have left him without the means to woo her. Promising to help him, Antonio, his relative, a merchant of Venice whose "fortunes are at sea" in merchant shipping, borrows 3,000 ducats from Shylock, a Venetian Jew, in return for a strict bond which grants the money-lender a pound of flesh nearest Antonio's heart if the money is not returned within a fixed time.
The scene is set for an intense drama in which Portia and her maid take on male disguises, solve all problems and trick their wayward husbands.
Theatre Set-Up produce this famous comedy in the light of the HEBREW CABBALA TREE OF LIFE as they have found a correspondence between the characters of the play and this ancient mystic system, well known in Shakespeare's day.

The play is costumed in VENETIAN CARNIVAL-STYLE dress with music by MOZART played on a harp.

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My wife and I had the great pleasure of seeing you and the wonderful cast perform 'All's Well That Ends Well' last evening at Ingatestone Hall and were delighted with the performance, Please pass on our thanks and appreciation to the rest of the talented cast for a great evening.
We had a thoroughly enjoyable time and look forward to seeing you all again.
Good luck and best wishes for the rest of your tour.

"One of the loveliest nights of the year."
(The Stage, 1989)

"William Shakespeare would have approved."
(The Guardian,1992)

"As always we acclaim Theatre Set-Up for their elegant and lively way of interpreting and performing Shakespeare."
(Bergens Tidende, Norway 1998)

"The Theatre Set-Up company's Continent-bound production is blessed with clarity and sprinkled with gentle songs... it has magic and much charm."
(The Stage, 2000)

"They pay particular attention to the play's hidden meanings. This makes for clean-cut productions free of imposed directorial concepts, which allow the audience clear contact with the text."
(Bill Stone, The Evening Herald, 2001)

"Standing ovations for the Theatre Set-Up "As You Like It" in Belgium and The Netherlands."
(Brabants Dagblad, The Netherlands, 2002)

"For the Norwegian public it has become an annual dose to which they are addicted and of which they can not get enough."
(Sissel Hamre, Bergens Tidende, Norway 2002)

"The cast managed to bring out the humour in the show brilliantly. All the performances were, as usual, excellent."
(Manx Independent 2004)

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY:

The PLAYS are presented by this TOURING SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY in full PERIOD COSTUME in many of Europe’s MOST BEAUTIFUL VENUES IN NINE COUNTRIES in the same minimalist style as his company The King’s Men from May - September.

Theatre Set-Up has a unique knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays through Ph.D. Research which discovered the play’s SECRET MEANINGS. Through understanding the ESOTERIC IN SHAKESPEARE the artistic directors can solve the puzzling aspects of the plays and actors can perform with true meaning, giving audiences a vigorous, realistic portrayal of the characters they are playing.

IF IT RAINS most venues have INDOOR alternatives but PERFORMANCES CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WEATHER.

One-hour long CELEBRATIONS with Elizabethan dances, songs and acted scenes from Shakespeare’s comedies suitable for WEDDINGS and other events are available at weekends throughout the year.

Click here to see photos from
The Royal Opera House in 2006

Click here to see photographs of the current production