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 ...

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

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 ...

Richard II and Henry IV were first cousins, born in 1367 just three months apart. They were ten years old when Richard became king of England. They were 32 when, in 1399, Henry overthrew him to become ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...