Mention that a Palestinian theatre company are performing Richard II and the play's themes are immediately thrown into sharp relief: usurpation, homeland and banishment, and the idea of a literally God-given mandate to rule amongst a resistant people. It is the hope of great art that it brings peoples and nations together, but not at the expense of highlighting issues that tear them asunder.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:55AM on May 6, 2012