John Ulman Richard: “Here, cousin, seize the crown.” Bolingbroke: “I thought you had been willing to resign.” In the spring of 2012, a Palestinian theater company from Ramallah staged Richard II in ...

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, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Relics from the tomb of the medieval English King Richard II have been found by an archivist researching the papers of the National Portrait Gallery's first director George Scharf, ...

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 ...

Critic's Pick. Inside a claustrophobic glass box, representing, at various points, the royal court, a prison and his own mind, Michael Urie looks desperate and insecure wearing the crown, alternating ...

Smith Street Stage is performing Shakespeare’s rarely-produced history, “Richard II,” at the Mark O’Donnell Theater ahead of the presidential election this fall. The show aims to shed light on the ...

Hidden deep within Building D of Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, the Magic Theatre is nestled behind an art supply store, producing a remarkable array of productions that speak to the current ...

The actor, on a hot streak after “Wicked,” takes on his biggest stage role to date. In London, he plays Shakespeare’s unfortunate king as a flouncing sociopath. By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London ...