Adjoa Andoh is a magnetic Richard with her hawk-like glare and vigorous swagger Richard II has become the drama of our times, as it walks us through the impotent convulsions of a weak and vain leader brought down by in-fighting among his men. While the Almeida's recent production starred Simon Russell Beale as a solipsistic child, utterly unable to distinguish self-pitying fantasy from reality, the Globe's mixed-race…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:30AM on March 18, 2019