Richard III review " Ralph Fiennes gets to grips with Shakespeare's ruthless ruler
Almeida, LondonIn Rupert Goold's production, Fiennes sacrifices some of the character's irony while Vanessa Redgrave softens the often scolding Queen MargaretRupert Goold's production begins by invoking the recent discovery of Richard III's skeleton in a Leicester car park. Much stress is laid, in every sense, on his curved spine, which is held up to the light and which informs the physical image of Ralph Fiennes's p…