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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, Bailey emerging for ...
Richard II is charismatic, eloquent, and flamboyantly witty. And a disastrous King – dishonest, dangerous, and politically incompetent. Echoing down the centuries is the perennial problem ...
Then there’s Richard II, bringing the Bridge back into action as a playhouse after Guys and Dolls. Bridgerton and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey , 36, steps into his first Shakespearean lead and ...
Hytner’s take on Richard II does nothing to make me think I’m wrong about either of these things. But it falls short of the rigorous textual reinvention of the typical Hytner Shakespeare ...
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 ...
Have a first look at Richard II at the Bridge Theatre! Directed by Nicholas Hytner, Jonathan Bailey stars in the title role in the revival that plays until 10 May. The ensemble is rounded out by Adam ...
Olivier winner Jonathan Bailey is following up his big screen performance as Fiyero in Wicked with another bad boy: Shakespeare's Richard II. The new staging, directed by two-time Tony winner ...
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