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Richard II archiveAt the age of only ten, Richard Plantagenet succeeded his father Edward III as King of England. It was 1377 and a time of great hardship following the Black Death, but Richard lived lavishly at home and, abroad, pursued an expensive and futile war with France. The taxes he imposed provoked the famous 'Peasants Revolt' of 1381 and his attempt to rule autocratically alienated both nobility and Parliament. Shakespeare's loosely historical but theatrically wonderful account of Richard's last days concentrates on his most fateful error - the exile of his cousin Henry Bullingbrook and the seizure of his Lancastrian estates. Bullingbrook would return to England, topple Richard and take the throne himself as Henry IV, setting the stage for the bloody 'Wars of the Roses' between York and Lancaster. The play's extraordinary beauty and simplicity, and its study of a man reduced from - as he saw it - divinely appointed King, to a mere mortal without role, freedom or friends, put it among the most moving of all Shakespeare's tragedies. Our Richard II is a bold show that genderbends the title character Richard. Why do this? We want to highlight and pick apart social issues regarding women in positions of power and authority. We've all been in situations where the men around us have undermined us when we are in the right, making the right decisions. We're asking why gender still matters and why can a woman not rule/be King without the judgment of men. Open Air Production

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Author: Shakespeare
Company: Quandary Collective

Richard II

Richard II (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0337038463. Details of all Richard II archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4764

Archive Listings

6 Apr 22
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8 May 22
The Vaults
Inner London, Greater London
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4 Oct 21
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6 Oct 21
The Turbine Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
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21 Sep 21
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22 Sep 21
St Luke's Bombed Out Church
Liverpool, Merseyside
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15 Sep 21
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18 Sep 21
BOAT (Brighton Open Air Theatre)
Brighton, East Sussex
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10 Sep 21
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11 Sep 21
General
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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4 Sep 21General
General, Monmouthshire
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2 Sep 21General
General, Carmarthenshire
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24 Aug 21
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25 Aug 21
General
General, Dorset
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18 Aug 21
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19 Aug 21
General
Bristol, City of Bristol
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