Riverland Theatre brings a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Richard III" to the stage in its third production of the season. The play is an exploration of ambition, power, and the ...

Forty years before the abolition of slavery, William Henry Brown, a free Black American, organized a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III under his company, African Grove Theatre. At the same ...

This is one of Shakespeare's lesser-known works, which tells the exciting tale of a disastrous king and the plot to destroy him. You've heard of Richard II, now get ready for Richard III!

In 2012, an incredible archaeological detective story was unfolding in a car park in England - the discovery of King Richard III, one of England’s most famous, and most vilified, monarchs.

However, since this particular Shakespeare isn’t staged that often, it’s well worth brushing up on a synopsis of Richard II play ahead of your trip to the Bridge Theatre. Buy tickets ...

Where better to stage a new production of William Shakespeare’s play about Richard’s downfall? From the playhouse foyer, theatergoers can look out at the tower across the River Thames ...

fleet staging which styles Shakespeare’s tragedy as a gripping modern account of power absolute and abused. Pinpointed against the dark, Bailey’s Richard looks dwarfed by circumstance — and ...

OK, that’s the wrong play since it’s a line from “Macbeth,” but it best sums up Jonathan Bailey’s performance in the new London production of “Richard II”: The actor cranks up ...

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different. By Amelia Nierenberg ...

One of the most challenging leading roles in Shakespeare, Richard II must appear both insipid and compelling, a man who suspects he is not quite up to the task of kingship but can’t admit it.