Richard III November 10, 2012

Richard III is the classic tale of the lust for power gone beserk. Quite an appropriate play for election season. The original villain you love to hate or hate to love--you just can't help but let yourself be seduced by him. Richard III lets no one stand in the way of his one true love: the crown of England. But is he really just a singularity, an extraordinarily devious force of evil, or is he the logical result of a corrupted political system? The history is centuries old, the situation startlingly modern: is there nothing in politics but simply the pursuit of power?