REVIEW: Richard II, Shakespeare's Globe ★★★★
By Stephen Collins The result here is that this is more the Comedy of Richard II than the Tragedy of Richard II. There is an unseemly pursuit of laughter " characterisations are extreme, language is tossed aside in favour of quick laughs and the deeper, darker side of text and situation is left largely unconsidered. This is not to say that production is not entertaining " it is " but it is not a production which seek…