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Why has Thomas Ostermeier stripped his Richard III of politics? | Michael Billington by Michael Billington

Shedding his clothes and seducing the audience, Lars Eidinger's Gloucester is the classic charming narcissist " but why soften the play's political bite at such a crucial time?I have a high regard for Thomas Ostermeier. As director of the Schaubühne Berlin, he has given us some astonishing productions. His version of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People was an edge-of-the-seat affair that engaged the audience in a ferocio…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM on February 17, 2017

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