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.
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.