This production was an exploration of bad leadership, and a hard look a the disastrous effects created by an unpopular ruler more concerned with maintaining power than with maintaining a country. As such, the world it presents is an unstable one in which the threat of violence is ever present.
This production is one of three that form the backbone of my analysis of casting practices in American productions of Shakespeare's histories in my book, Like a King: Casting Shakespeare's Histories for Citizens and Subjects.
This production is one of three that form the backbone of my analysis of casting practices in American productions of Shakespeare's histories in my book, Like a King: Casting Shakespeare's Histories for Citizens and Subjects.
