Richard II

Richard is king of England... but that’s not quite enough for him.

Ruling by divine right, but himself ruled by vanity, Richard exiles Bolingbroke and makes claim on his fathers estate. While Richard is distracted by a rebel-lion in Ireland, an enraged Bolingbroke returns to england, intent on recovering his inheritance and, with the support of others Richard has wronged, claims the throne for himself.

With a design inspired by the German ex- pressionist movement, clatterhouse brings Shakespeare’s first history to life in a slick and stark new production because a play about sovereignty could not be more relevant right?