Globe to Globe: Richard II, Shakespeare's Globe
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
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