Lyceum, EdinburghLars Eidinger plays Shakespeare's arch-villain with gleeful, knock-kneed energy in Thomas Ostermeier's productionBernard Shaw famously compared Richard III to a Punch and Judy show. "Richard," he wrote, "is the prince of Punches, he delights Man by provoking God." In Thomas Ostermeier's production for Berlin's Schaubühne theatre, the actor Lars Eidinger is a distinctly puppet-like Richard. He has a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:39AM on August 28, 2016