Word: bolingbrokeã
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...other roles too is essentially meaningless. Exactly the same effect, or an even stronger one, could have been created with Kinsley as Richard and more conventional casting. Almost all of the supporting performances are strong, particularly that of second year HLS student Mary R. Plante as Bolingbroke??€™s father, John of Gaunt. However, these depictions don’t tell us anything new about the characters...
...within the first couple scenes of the play, he assembles an alliance of the many lords mistreated by Richard and invades England. Despite the title, the play is more about his rise than Richard’s fall. After Richard died, the action shifted to depicting the consolidation of Bolingbroke??€™s power, but oddly enough, rather than letting the humor die with the most humorous character, Zalisk amped up the farce. There was a scene of an assassination attempt played as a sitcom, complete with broad mugging, slapstick, and a laugh track (provided by three actors behind...
...this new adaptation of the classic history play seeks to reinvigorate the Elizabethan text with modern influences as disparate as tennis great John McEnroe and the detritus of a collegiate Saturday night. The play, which recounts the disintegration of King Richard II’s reign and Henry Bolingbroke??€™s subsequent bloody accession to the throne, is in many ways rooted in the imagery and customs of the sixteenth century, when it was written. This production seeks to catapult the play into the present. Daniel R. Pecci ’09, who plays Bolingbroke, says that he partially...
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