Context: In 2004 Gregory Doran collaborated with The Little Angel Puppet Theatre in Islington to work on an exciting new approach to Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis. The poem tells the story of the passion of the beautiful goddess of love, Venus, for the arrogantly handsome Adonis. Following the Japanese Bunraku tradition the piece was narrated by Michael Pennington, accompanied by a musician, and made use of both marionettes and table-top puppets. Tiny costumes were made by the RSC's costume department. | 
