Wem Town Hall will be showing National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second on January 15.
Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the Almeida Theatre.
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.
Beale returns to National Theatre Live screens following broadcasts of Timon of Athens and King Lear, and in the National Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of The Lehman Trilogy.
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