Richard II " review
Tobacco Factory, BristolShakespeare's greatest plays have a knack of being timeless and yet thrillingly topical, too. So it is with Andrew Hilton's commanding production of Richard II, which opens as repressive regimes are feeling the force of popular revolt in Tunisia, Egypt and beyond. The play asks who will replace deposed despots, and how might that shape history?It does so here with simple staging and only gentl…