Richard II

Pleasingly, the RSC has returned, at least temporarily to the Barbican. This is of course pleasing just for my personal convenience - it means I can see a play across the road from work.

This version of Richard II had sold out for its whole run. The star turn was of course David Tennant in the lead role. While he has managed great fame through all his TV work, he does do Shakespeare ever so well. This is probably due to him being a truly excellent actor. Here he was playing the king as a sort of Christ role, being martyred in the end in being forced to abdicate.