When:
Saturday, April 13, 2019
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Where: Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, 1949 Campus Drive; 10-30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Public
Cost: $10 - $20
Contact:
Wirtz Center Box Office
(847) 491-7282
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
Category: Fine Arts
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
Saturday, April 13 at 2:00PM
Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive
By William Shakespeare
Featuring Simon Russell Beale
Directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins
Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the Almeida Theatre in London to cinemas. This visceral new production about the limits of power will be directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, whose previous plays include Little Revolution at the Almeida and Absolute Hell at the National Theatre.
Richard II, King of England, is irresponsible, foolish and vain. His weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray and his court into uproar. Seeing no other option but to seize power, the ambitious Bolingbroke challenges the throne and the king’s divine right to rule.
The Wirtz Center proudly presents National Theatre Live in its eighth season at Northwestern University. Each of these events present the best of British theatre captured live for the big screen.
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