Cast: Richard II - Jeffrey Carlson Henry Bolingbroke - Billy Eugene Jones John of Gaunt, Gardener - Alvin Epstein Duke of York - George Bartenieff Thomas Mowbray - Christopher Grant Queen Isabelle ...

Even when contemplating their own deaths, the two cousins inhabited different worlds. Richard II’s will, written in the spring of 1399, was largely devoted to lavish plans for his own funeral ...

The Guthrie Theater history play cycle includes Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. The run goes through May 24.

Compulsively histrionic, eloquent, and self-dramatizing, this Richard can turn any event, however traumatic, into a scene to be played. This approach, which emphasizes comedy over tragedy, is ...

Bridgerton and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey glitters in Nicholas Hytner’s lucid staging of Shakespeare’s history play, starring Royce Pierreson as Bolingbroke ...

In an inspired adaptation to the times, Public Theater and WNYC have teamed up for a serialized production of “Richard II” with Phylicia Rashad and André Holland.

King Richard II ruled England for 22 years. But Shakespeare’s play about him dwells mainly on the last year of his reign — when he was jailed and forced from the throne by those close ...

London Theatre Company has released photos of Richard II. Starring Jonathan Bailey and directed by Nicholas Hytner, this fresh take on Shakespeare’s subtle, caustic and powerful play is ...

Henry received written guarantees from Richard that when John of Gaunt died, Henry would inherit his estates. Gaunt died in February 1399, and Richard broke his promise. How could Henry not act?