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Romeo & Juliet with Stagetext at the Abbey Theatre

When Romeo & Juliet with Stagetext was announced at the Abbey Theatre, my reaction was mixed. Stagetext (theatre captioning) had worked well for me with “The Playboy of the Western World” last November. However, I was concerned about: 1) how well Stagetext would handle the complexities of Shakespearean verse 2) how the soliloquies would be