Richard II, 1981, Young Vic: Richard II, Nicholas Grace; Queen, Linda Bellingham.

Richard II , Young Vic, February 1981: Director, Robin Lefevre; Designer, Graham Hicks; Photographer, Donald Cooper (ahds.ac.uk/performingarts).

"There is no doubt from the first sight of the dark pit surrounded by an equally sombre sloping stage fading away into the darkness and an iron balcony, that Robin Lefevre's production of Richard II for the Young Vic is a conspiratorial affair based on plotting and intrigue rather than monarchial display...Fourteenth century colour and light are now transposed to a bleak world of frock-coated elder statesmen, court officials booted and darkly uniformed, with Richard's queen dressed symbolically in red." Francis King, Sunday Telegraph 1.3.81 Opening Date: 25 February 1981, Theatre: Young Vic.