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Dubai to host Shakespeare’s play

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Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai is hosting the play of William Shakespeare “Richard II” in Arabic, with a scene-by-scene synopsis available in English coming week.

Published: Thu 10 Jan 2013, 6:01 PM

Updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 8:02 AM

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The play is produced by Ashtar Theatre from Ramallah from Palestine.

Written in 1595, “Richard II” is a novel revolving around power and politics in a myriad of plots and treason, the fall of a Ruling English Family, and the rise of a new one helped by the Lords of the court, a display what it’s like to be a king, and how absolute power brings demise upon it’s seeker.



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