King Richard II William Shakespeare for the 1959/1960 season at the Old Vic Theatre, London First performance: 17th November 1959

The Financial Times' reviewer really disapproved of the production: " ... He [director Val May] was not helped, it is true, by Mr. Richard Negri's costumes and dècor. The sets seemed specially contrived to throw the play as far back as possible into the recesses of his stage, and the costumes swayed between the ordinary and the vulgar."