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Feb 11, 2024 · ‘Richard III’: Dark comedy dominates the tragedy in Chicago Shakes’ new take. Star Katy Sullivan demonstrates extraordinary physicality in director Edward Hall’s imaginative, sometimes overwhelming production. By Steven Oxman | For the Sun-Times. Feb 11, 2024, 3:48pm PDT.
Richard III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Edward Hall. Starring Katy Sullivan. Courtyard Theater. Run Time: 2 hours, 35 minutes (including intermission) Audience Notice: Features prop weaponry, including simulated gunfire; scenes of violence; fog and haze; and brief moments of flashing lights. Seat Map.
Feb 10, 2024 · Thankfully, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater 's latest production of RICHARD III gives audiences a macabre puzzlebox of pleasures that revels in the complexity of these riddles. The darkly...
- Zac Thriffiley
Feb 13, 2024 · Shakespearean villain Richard III describes himself as “rudely stamp’d… Deformed, unfinished… scarce half made up.” Other characters call him an “infection” and a “poisonous bunch-backed toad.”
Feb 13, 2024 · Sullivan’s demonic wannabe king clearly relishes each step of his diabolical plotting. As the black body bags fill with the corpses of his family members, henchmen, and assorted other...
- Kerry Reid
Mar 10, 2024 · Full of scathing dark comedy and high-stakes family drama, a divided kingdom provides fertile ground for the charismatic, unscrupulous Richard to seize power and exact revenge-and no one is safe from his tyranny.
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Nov 22, 2009 · Richard III- Chicago Shakespeare Theater- CST Artistic Director Barbara Gains opens the season with this epic history of Shakespeare's most fascinating villain. Fueled by a relentless ambition and savage wit, the hunchbacked Richard, Duke of Gloucester, seduces and murders his way to the English throne in a treacherous tale that has captivated ...