"Hannah Clark’s period costumes are extravagantly gorgeous, the women in vast farthingales with formidable coiffures, the men in floral-printed doublets and sporting long, silky locks, ideal for coquettish flicking.” The Times
"It’s delightful to see the RSC in full flow with an array of sumptuous Elizabethan costumes.” Evening Standard
"Costume designer Hannah Clark has kitted out the women in sumptuous skirts, worn as status symbols, and helmet-like wigs, while the men wear floral breeches, their long hair curtaining down their backs.” The Stage
"Hannah Clark's costume design, meanwhile, is undoubtedly one of the production's greatest triumphs: it is rare these days to see traditional dress at the RSC (which has become rather besotted with hoodies of late), and its dramatic potential is fulfilled beautifully here.” Leamington Courier
"It is a bold decision to completely reverse every character’s gender, apart from Richard Clews’ Grumio. However, helped by Hannah Clark’s majestic costumes, Stephen Brimson Lewis’ authentically Elizabethan-feeling set design and an assured cast, Audibert’s production pulls it off with fairly little reluctance… There is the sense that painstaking care has been taken over practically every element of the production. Right down to the expansive, imposing costumes of the ascendant female characters, suggestive of the matriarchy they are each a part of; in contrast with the comparatively diminutive and unstructured male garments.” A Younger Theatre
