Photos: The Porters Of Hellsgate Opens HENRY IV PARTS 1 & 2
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 2, 2024
The Porters of Hellsgate have announced their upcoming production of HENRY IV, PARTS 1 AND 2, by William Shakespeare, directed by Margaret Shigeko Starbuck, current Associate Artistic Director of Boston Court Pasadena. Check out photos here!
Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For Shakespeare Productions in Rep at the Guthrie Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Mar 6, 2024
Enjoy a first look into Shakespeare's History Plays and hear from Artistic Director Joseph Haj on the significance of this epic production and the chance to revisit rotating repertory. RICHARD II, HENRY IV and HENRY V make their historic return to the Guthrie stage for the first time in over 30 years beginning March 23.
Review: The Stratford Festival's RICHARD II Provides a Fresh New Lens to View a Complicated King Through
by Lauren Gienow - Jul 4, 2023
A visually stunning and unabashedly queer adaptation of William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II is currently on stage at the Stratford Festival’s Tom Patterson Theatre and it allows for a fascinating exploration into the character’s hopes, fears, and sense of identity. Adapted by Brad Fraser and conceived and directed by Jillian Keiley, this production is set in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s and features disco, drugs, and bathhouses as the backdrop for the tragedy that begets young King Richard II as he attempts to maintain his crown.
RICHARD II to Open in March at The Pear Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 25, 2023
The Pear Theatre has announced casting and production details for its next co-production, William Shakespeare's Richard II, with Perspective Theatre Company. The show runs March 9 - 26, 2023 at The Pear Theatre in Mountain View.
Which Broadway Show Has Been Revived the Most?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Dec 4, 2022
This month, the reader question was “What Broadway show has been revived the most?” Taking both plays and musicals into account, and considering works in repertory, these were the findings.
The Company Theatre Presents RICHARD II
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2022
The banishment of beloved nobleman Henry Bolingbroke sets into motion a series of events that threaten to remove King Richard II of England from his throne in this retelling of Shakespeare's classic tale of power and corruption by Rochester's The Company Theatre.
Review: The Festival d'Avignon Presents RICHARD II By Christophe Rauck
by Wesley Doucette - Jul 25, 2022
According to a poll taken in 2016, a little more than half of all British people have seen or read Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. That number dips just below half for Macbeth and Midsummer. The Tempest rounds out the Top 10 at 22% engagement. Deep down in this list at 7%, tucked between Merry Wives of Windsor and Love's Labour's Lost, is Richard II. This obscurity was seen as a feature not a bug for Jean Vilar when he opened the first Festival d'Avignon with Richard II in 1947. Since this performance, the play has become something of a hallmark of French theatre. This year, Christophe Rauck adds his own directorial vision at the Festival's Gymnase du Lycée Aubanel with Micha Lescot in the title role.
Shakespeare@home Presents Final Episode Of RICHARD II This Sunday
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 17, 2020
Shakespeare@ Home, the new audio-play series' third and final episode of Richard II will be available for free streaming and downloading on Sunday, July 19th at 7PM. Artistic Director Sean Hagerty of Shakespeare@ has created this new, all-free 'radio play' season, responding to the COVID-19 epidemic.