Right now, accusations of ill-advised stunt casting are being flung at the West End, but Nicholas Hytner’s take on ...

Richard II is a tough ask of a piece ... the divine right of kings versus a king who is not right for the job. Richard (Bailey) is a fey and capricious monarch, alarmingly given to rash and whimsical ...

Learn more about Nicholas Hytner’s hit production starring Jonathan Bailey and plan your Richard II play London trip ...

By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London The Bridge Theater is within walking distance of the Tower of London, where in 1399 King Richard II was imprisoned and forced to abdicate England’s throne ...

Bailey is starring in Richard II through May 10 at the Bridge Theatre. His run began on February 10. The play, which runs for ...

XXIX, 1841 A study of the materials and techniques of the tester over the tomb of Richard II... thesis by Abigail Weatherill, 2010. History of the King's Works - vol. 1 edited by H.M. Colvin, 1963 ...

His king is self-satisfied and perfectly petulant ... are torn between loyalty to his plotting son and the crown — glow with life. “Richard II” is always going to be a slow-burn play ...

It’s a role ripe for star casting: Eddie Redmayne, David Tennant, Ben Whishaw are all recent Richards. Now Jonathan Bailey, hot off the back of Bridgerton and Wicked, has his shot at the part in a new ...

New productions of Richard II and Much Ado About Nothing both burnish their texts with hot celebrity appeal – but couldn’t be ...

A nation in need, an unsuitable king, banishments, murders, attempted coups. Richard II has it all and so does Jonathan Bailey. He might be dancing through Hollywood and hanging out with the ...

Right now, accusations of ill-advised stunt casting are being flung at the West End, but Nicholas Hytner’s take on Shakespeare’s corrupt king Richard II is innocent of these charges ...