The play has been the thing every summer in Central Park since the late 1950s.
Each year,the Public Theaterhas maintained the noble tradition of producing free Shakespeare in the Park.
Shakespeares plays, though often taught as literary texts, are most alive and vibrant in a visual format.
Credit: courtesy The Public Theater
They depend on stagecraft and a living, breathing interpretation to impart their truths to an audience.
That is harder to access in an oral form.
This comes in the form of in-depth discussions of the play hosted by journalist Vinson Cunningham.
He wrings the language for every ounce of pain, humility, and melancholy it could possess.
Richard and Bolingbroke are shadows of each other, circling a hollow crown.
Thats an apt metaphor for this audio production, a shadow of the stage show originally intended.
