In a revolutionary adaptation by Brad Fraser, this Richard is the story of a king who believes that God gives him the right to live above the rules and who ultimately suffers the consequences. The story is embedded in a time of great freedom that is soon crushed - the late 1970s and early '80s: when lives were lived at great volume against a suffocating strain of conservatism and fear. Fraser's adaptation maintains Shakespeare's text but draws on sources beyond Richard II.
Directed by Jillian Keiley
Cast
David Collins
John of Gaunt
Jordin Hall
Henry Bolingbroke
Sarah Orenstein
Helena Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Michael Spencer-Davis
Edmund, Duke of York
Sarah Dodd
Lady Scroop
Thomas Duplessie
Harry Percy
Charlie Gallant
Lord Willoughby
Matthew Kabwe
Lord Ross
Tyrone Savage
Thomas Mowbray
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Audrey Harrington
3.3★ · 05/10/25
Don’t bring AIDS into it unless you actually understand AIDS!!! Don’t bring Studio 54 into it unless you know anything beyond ONE photo of costumes you found on the internet!!!
I would have walked out at intermission even if I had spent hundreds on a ticket— and I’ve sat through some pretty shitty Shakespeare productions.
Don’t bring AIDS into it unless you actually understand AIDS!!! Don’t bring Studio 54 into it unless you know anything beyond ONE photo of costumes you found on the internet!!!
I would have walked out at intermission even if I had spent hundreds on a ticket— and I’ve sat through some pretty shitty Shakespeare productions.
