The Houston Shakespeare Festival

His smart and very funny cast handles the complex language like a well-tuned orchestra. Doran and his partners in lovesickness (Matt Carter, David Wald and especially Philip Lehl) deliver puns with wit and dead-on timing. Eric Doss is very funny as a constable named Dull (his name says it all). Thomas Prior as Costard the Clown and Rutherford Cravens as Don Adriano de Armado round out the silliness. And while this might not be everyman's Shakespeare, the production offers a rare opportunity to see one of his hardest plays at its best.