Almeida, London Joe Hill-Gibbins' stripped-back production delivers a forceful royal downfall, but leaves little space to explore the power plays behind itSimon Russell Beale was born to play Richard II. I wish he had done so in a less reductive version than this one by Joe Hill-Gibbins. It cuts the text to 100 minutes, deploys a cast of eight and is dominated by the idea that the contest between Richard's entitlemen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM on December 19, 2018