Why stage Richard II in 2025? Perhaps, post-Brexit, because it kicks off Shakespeare’s eight-play retelling of the Wars of the Roses, a conflict which saw England so riven with internal division that ...

The Latin inscription around the ledge of the tomb can be translated: Sage and elegant, lawfully Richard II, conquered by fate he lies here ... the arms of Edward the Confessor impaling France and ...

In Arise, England, Burt and ­Partington, both leading historians at the University of Cambridge, offer us biographies of six ...

The trend continues as he now takes on the role of Shakespeare's Richard II at the Bridge Theatre in London. He tells the BBC that his portrayal of the authoritarian king who ruled in the 1300s ...

Learn more about Nicholas Hytner’s hit production starring Jonathan Bailey and plan your Richard II play London trip ...

Richard II and the Crisis of Authority - In June 1381, in southern England, peasant anger at their low status in society spilled over into violent rebellion. Lollards by Dr Mike Ibeji ...