Seasonal/Downtown

Richard II

  • August 24, 2012 - September 15, 2012
  • Location: Montford Park Players
  • Address: 100 Gay St, Asheville, NC 28801
  • Times: 7:30pm
  • Admission: Free
  • Phone: 828-254-5146
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Based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377 - 1399), this Shakespeare history is the first play of a tetralogy, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V, all of which are familiar to our audiences from past performances. Richard II is the only part of this tetralogy we've never staged and will be presented for the very first time at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre. Unusual for Shakespeare, the play is written almost entirely in verse and features with some of Shakespeare's most beautiful metaphorical soliloquies on nature and politics as Richard opines poetically while his kingdom slips from his grasp.