From lothario to dethroned king: Brand moves through various Shakespearean set-pieces
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Russell Brand, inveterate bad-boy of the comedy scene, has popped up online, raving about Shakespeare. Our Little Lives is an 85-minute show recorded at the Almeida, before a socially distanced crowd, mixing dramatic excerpts with off-the-cuff banter, about the love of stand-up’s biggest show-off for the world’s greatest playwright.
OK, a bit harsh. But even if you’re an admirer of the comedian, it’s easy to sneer at the idea of Brand taking on the Bard in a gig-cum-lecture-cum-confessional soirée. Lexically gifted though Brand (now 46) is, he can also be a liability when he embarks on serious-minded missions. Ed Miliband’s 2015 general election campaign never fully recovered from his video Q&A chez Russ, as though the tables had turned and the would-be king had to grace the jester’s court.
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