UPDATE: This production has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Public Theater kicks off its 2020 Shakespeare in the Park season with Richard II, directed by Saheem Ali.
Tickets for Richard II are free.
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About Richard II:
The last of the divinely anointed monarchs ascends to the throne in Shakespeare’s Richard II. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s only dramas entirely in verse, this epic and intimate play presents the end of the Medieval Age and the rise of the house of Lancaster through a riveting tale of lost sovereignty, political intrigue, and psychological complexity.
Richard II CAST AND CREATIVE
By:
William Shakespeare
Producer:
Public Theater / Shakespeare in the Park
Director:
Saheem Ali
Delacorte Theater
Address:
81 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
Nearest subway station:
81st Street - Museum of Natural History Station