Globe, LondonA play of pulsating poetry and politics, performed in 1601 on the eve of the Earl of Essex's attempted coup against Elizabeth I to some of those actually involved in the plot, this version of Richard II from the Ashtar Theatre of Ramallah arrives in London and makes the toppling of a medieval king seem modern.I don't speak Arabic so I can't account for the poetry (although my Arabic-speaking ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM on May 6, 2012