He was wary of the revue-style bonhomie of the popular TV double act Morecambe and Wise, and disapproved of the cheery bawdiness of their rivals, the Two Ronnies.
The dirt floor over which the festival tent is pitched is decorated with little more than a balcony and a bed, and the actors charge from scene to scene with bracing speed, relishing Shakespeare's bawdiness and rising to his heights of eloquence.