Production Diary 3 | Richard II | Royal Shakespeare Company

[@harringtonday5319]

Amazing! - I'm learning/rehearsing a monologue from Richard II (ACT III SCENE II) - these diaries are so informative and inspiring! - I really want to visit the Westminster Hall now. Every time a delve back into Shakespeare I'm reminded what a genius scholar and poet he was.

[@theRSC]

*The next Richard II production diary is now online - the cast and creatives visit Westminster Hall* Medieval historian Helen Castor explains how Richard transformed Westminster Hall, and talks about we can understand Richard the man, and Shakespeare's vision of him.

[@hedda1234]

These video diaries are the best. Thank you so much for making them, they really make my days!

[@heathercampbellfurtekslutz8281]

Thank you so much for doing these. I am enjoying them a lot.

[@ThePirateWoman]

Can't wait to see it! I'm coming all the way from Poland just to see this play live :)

[@NicholasWingComposer]

Well said, and well done. The RSC's stirring production of Shakespeare's Richard II was suspenseful, engaging and heart-wrenching from the start. This historical overview was even more meaningful after having seen the play, and I was also reminded of the story of Naboth's Vineyard in 1 Kings 21.

[@MLD.Ltd.]

the historian also has a documentary called She-wolf, right? about English queens

[@aliciapearson3120]

She-wolves... and yes. She does.

[@elizabethwilson6872]

This sort of thing made the RSC so near and dear to my heart. I love this so much. Please don’t go off the PC deep end; I’m genuinely concerned. We don’t want to see the RSC change history. That’s just not your role. Please produce the Shakespearean plays the way they were written. His beautiful work doesn’t need any modern help. Thank you.

[@vmdraco]

My reaction: Okay... okay, starting off good, three-century old building--DAVID 0:30 All righty, medieval history... became king at 10... lots of peopl-- DAVID 1:30 Blah blah blah blah DAVIIIIIIIIID 4:25