I deffo agree about shakespearian, I was just thinking that the other day in fact, shakespeare often gets misrepresented as being stuffy, but in his time, he would have been viewed in much the same way as something like deadwood.
Is jane the tomboy? She is indeed a fascinating character... actually all the characters are excellent. It's also good seeing some old cameo faces, like the fat guy with the beard in the bella union, who is in most of the Mamet films, and also the headteacher from ferris bueller's day off