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 to ...

“Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.” OK, that’s the wrong play since it’s a line from “Macbeth,” but it best sums up Jonathan Bailey’s performance in the new London production of ...

What do you do with a bad king? And what do you do when that bad king is (allegedly) appointed by God? Shakespeare’s Richard II is a play that asks us, among other things, what it means to have power, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The inventive comic actor delivers a commanding performance in Shakespeare’s portrait of feckless leadership in a sleek Off Broadway ...

Thirty years ago, when the Seattle Repertory Theatre was in shaky shape, a production of Shakespeare's "King Richard II" turned the company's luck around. Today the Seattle Shakespeare Company is ...