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Continuing in its mission to re-imagine classic plays for contemporary audiences, the Classic Stage Company launches its fall season with Richard II. Michael Cumpsty stars as Shakespeare's most poetic king in a production directed by CSC artistic director Brian Kulik.
[IMG:L]Cumpsty received critical acclaim last season in Kulik's mounting of Hamlet at CSC and has headlined numerous Shakespearean productions at the Public Theater and Royal Shakespeare Company. Don't miss this opportunity to experience Shakespeare's tragic power struggle between Richard II and the future King Henry IV, performed at CSC's off-Broadway home near Union Square.