Richard II is charismatic, eloquent and loved by his friends. And a disastrous King 鈥� dishonest, capricious and politically incompetent.
Echoing down the centuries is the perennial problem: how to deal with a ruler who has a rock solid right to rule but is set on wrecking the country he leads.
Shakespeare鈥檚 subtle, ambiguous and beautiful play finds feudal England on the cusp of modernity, as a divinely sanctioned monarch is confronted, in the figure of Henry Bolingbroke, by the hard-headed pragmatism of real authority.
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Scenic and Costume Design by Bob Crowley
Lighting Design by Bruno Poet
Cast Includes Jonathan Bailey
