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 “Richard II”: The actor cranks up ...

Richard II is an exploration of the limits of power ... Disgruntled courtiers are plotting in the rubbish-strewn mud of this play’s rather jaundiced vision of Gloucestershire (no doubt the tourist ...

Learn more about Nicholas Hytner’s hit production starring Jonathan Bailey and plan your Richard II play London trip The King believes he has a divine right to rule, but is he really up to the task?

Richard II is charismatic, eloquent and loved by his ... Hytner needs to thank the company, his composer, and sound designer: they make the play. Arifa Akbar, The Guardian: A play with abundant ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. We first see Jonathan Bailey’s magnetic Richard II picked out by a shaft of white light against a dark ...

Bailey inhabits and humanizes the king in a clean, clear, martial staging from Nicholas Hytner that feels right for our times ...

The monochrome design, chandeliers and all, gives off a Trump Tower aesthetic solemnity on the way to the single bed occupied near the close by the emotionally chastened Richard ... that forestall any ...

Richard II is a tough ask of a piece ... echoes of the theme tune to Succession. For what this play boils down to is a struggle to the death between two cousins, Richard and Henry Bullingbrook (Royce ...

A new production of Shakespeare's Richard II at London's Bridge Theatre officially opened February 18, and the reviews are in. Two-time Tony winner Nicholas Hytner is at the helm, with the run set ...

Here, he transposes Richard II to the modern day ... design and divided over director Hytner’s take on Shakespeare’s play. Some think it is slick, stylish and resonant, others think it ...

Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for Richard II. What awards has Richard Thomas won? Richard Thomas won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical for Jerry Springer - The Opera. How many shows has ...