Dazzlingly eloquent and ceremonious, Richard II represents Shakespeare’s most searching exploration of the meaning of kingship and the powers that can destroy it. Charles Edwards takes the title role.

Synopsis

Ruling by divine right, but himself ruled by caprice, King Richard exiles Henry Bolingbroke and seizes his father’s vast estates. While Richard is distracted by a rebellion in Ireland, Bolingbroke returns to England, intent on recovering his rightful property and, with the support of his disgruntled peers, perhaps seizing the crown itself.