Richard III at the Globe Theatre (London) in July 2024

The 2024 Globe production of Richard III, directed by Elle While, is an electrically dynamic and highly entertaining staging. It features an almost all female gender-blind casting, starring Michelle Terry[1] in the title role. This production adopts an original interpretation with respect to Richard’s “deformed” body: contrary to Edward Hall’s[2] description of Richard’s physical misshapenness and Shakespeare’s appropriation of the idea, Terry does not sport a hunched back or insist on the p...