Richard III (Vol. 84) | Sheridan Morley (review date 30 June 2003)
Sheridan Morley (review date 30 June 2003)
SOURCE: Morley, Sheridan. “A Breath of Fresh Air.” New Statesman (30 June 2003): 48.
[In the following review, Morley positively assesses Barry Kyle's 2003 all-female production of Richard III at the Globe Theatre, noting that “[t]his Richard III asks whether the king is inherently evil, or just the intelligent but warped product of an unloved and unloving family.”]
There are few London treats more delicious than a beautiful evening, a good picnic, and Shakespeare in the open air.
At Shakespeare's Globe this summer, you can find a most unusual Richard III. It seems unlikely that Shakespeare meant Richard III to be a comedy, nor for almost every line to be delivered as if by a stand-up comedian, but it sort of works as long as it wasn't Shakespeare you wanted.
There's the small matter of an all-female company, for a start. If there has to be a...
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