Eleven or twelve summers ago, I saw Timon of Athens staged in one of Seattle's parks, and it knocked my socks off, so much so that I decided to see it a second time a week or so later, and followed the troupe to another park on the opposite side of the city; it was even better. I have no idea what or how much of the text was cut, though the production lasted two hours at least; and I have yet to read the play myself. I dearly wish I could see the production you've just seen; though it wouldn't surprise me if it was even better than what I saw twelve years ago, it also wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't. That was one of the best Shakespeare productions I've ever seen.

The issue of cutting not so much for length or spareness or clarity but in order to make a troublesome play even workable on stage intrigues me, and I wonder whether Bill Barclay would be willing to reveal his cuts and transpositions. As for Pericles, I've never read it either, and understand it's even more problematical than Timon. I have been (very slowly) reading or rereading the late plays, so perhaps someday...