'Felt that I was trapped in a theatrical microwave oven': THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND " Almeida Theatre
Borrowing a technique from American long-form TV drama, The Tragedy of King Richard The Second begins in medias res. The wonderful Simon Russell Beale steps forward, ashen-faced, to deliver the "I have been studying how I may compare/This prison where I live unto the world" speech from Act 5.