Richard II

Tonight I saw OSF’s production of Richard II. [Trailer] This is basically as bread and butter of a Shakespeare history play is it gets, starting off the Henriad sequence of plays. This was a wonderful production, carried off by really strong acting. The lead actor, was extremely effective as the peevish early Richard, then taking him tragically through his downfall. All the rest of the cast was extremely strong too. The stage was very plain, just solid black decking, with panels that were periodically pulled up to reveal earth, rocks, water. Another really well done production here at OSF. Everyone has been solid so far this week.
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