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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The trend continues as he now takes on the role of Shakespeare's Richard II at the Bridge Theatre in London. He tells the BBC that his portrayal of the authoritarian king who ruled in the 1300s was ...

Manuel Harlan Still, Richard II, with its rigid structure and strict ... He doesn’t sugar the king’s brattish reluctance to cede the crown but in later speeches attains a stricken grandeur.

“He’s a masterful, eighth-degree black belt actor.” Bailey is starring in Richard II through May 10 at the Bridge Theatre.

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 ...

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 ...