Jonathan Bailey ... Richard II in a new version of Shakespeare’s play. The show is set to be produced by the prolific Nicholas Hytner and shot at the Bridge Theatre in London.

Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey will play Richard II in a new production of the Shakespeare play directed by Nicholas Hytner at the Bridge Theatre in London ... McKellen’s King Lear at ...

The actor, on a hot streak after “Wicked,” takes on his biggest stage role to date. In London, he plays Shakespeare’s unfortunate king as a flouncing sociopath. By Houman Barekat Reviewing ...

Richard II is charismatic, eloquent, and flamboyantly witty. And a disastrous King – dishonest ... Richard II comes hot on the heels of London Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed ...

OK, that’s the wrong play since it’s a line from “Macbeth,” but it best sums up Jonathan Bailey’s performance in the new London production of “Richard II”: The actor cranks up ...

The King is the bane of his cousin’s existence ... this isn’t the best Richard II London has ever seen. Bailey is wondrous at playing contradiction and Shakespeare looks really good on ...

This might sound like faint praise since major London productions of the ... so props to the star of Bridgerton and Wicked. Bailey inhabits and humanizes the king in a clean, clear, martial ...

It will reunite the 36-year-old actor with Hytner, whose 2013 version of Othello at the National Theatre featured Bailey as Cassio. The actor also played Edgar opposite Ian McKellen’s King Lear ...