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Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey star to play Richard II on London stage - Role will be actor’s most high-profile Shakespeare part to date ...
Richard II The key to Michael Grandage's success is his unfashionable refusal to give audiences an easy ride. For his farewell as a.d. of London's Donmar Warehouse he has chosen Shakespeare's ...
Richard II is charismatic, eloquent and loved by his friends. And a disastrous King – dishonest, capricious and politically incompetent. Echoing down the centuries is the perennial problem: how ...
Hyperion Shakespeare Company’s “Richard II” attempts to interpret Shakespeare’s play anew by using an all-female cast, with limited success. By Chris R. Kingston , Crimson Staff Writer ...
That said, the action of the play isn’t entirely irrelevant to our lives right now. In Richard II, a man has been killed, and people are upset that nothing is being done about it.
For decades, Shakespeare's Richard II was regarded as a piece of conservative camp. But on the eve of a major new production, Michael Dobson finds its tale of heads of state falling from power ...
The Guthrie Theater history play cycle includes Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. The run goes through May 24.
Sweet and Lucky — Echo: Immersive piece where the world is built around its audience, set in a warehouse of memories; Aug. 13 ...
When Richard II begins, Richard is in full king mode: throne, crown, sceptre. His authority is absolute. By the end of the play, he is not king anymore; he is dead.