Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the reign of England’s infamous monarch and charts the ...

For the past 22 years, one of the personal on-stage inspirations and models, perhaps the singular of these, has been Mark Rylance. I am hardly alone in feeling this way. Mark is world-renowned and a ...

What does it mean to see the "rudely stamped... deformed, unfinished" body of Richard III on stage? Even Shakespeare's contemporaries didn't quite know how to answer this question. The prevailing view ...

THE BASICS: RICHARD III, by Shakespeare, directed by Greg Stuhr, starring Chris Avery, in a cast of 26, through 8/17, Tuesdays through Sundays (no Mondays) at 7:00 pm presented by Shakespeare in ...

“Now is the winter of our discontent.” The very first line of Richard III hits a little too close to home for UChicago students in the middle of winter quarter. And it is not the only somber truth in ...

In the realm of Shakespearean tragedy, “Richard III” is a darkly captivating tale of manipulation, power and ambition. The titular character — a cunning, charismatic and malevolent figure, at least as ...

TWO HOUSES, both alike in dignity, have invoked ancient grudges and sparked new mutinies on the vexed question of who should play whom in drama. Both are theatres in London that have made headlines ...

In this circa 1754 illustration, two women scold Richard III in Shakespeare's play. Universal History Archive/Getty Images) Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the ...