III. RICHARD MITEM 16

"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," Tolstoy wrote. "Richard III" is the story of such a family. The royal offspring, raised in a family strife, a rejected, sickly, and fierce child turns into a malignant tumor that devours everything around him. This family drama becomes a national tragedy in the play where the personal is inseparable from the political. Centuries before Netflix, Shakespeare created the first serial killer. A magnificent freak, an eloquent and moving clown rapist who takes us on a thrilling journey of destruction. The wounded villain, who steps on corpses all the way to the throne, is a warning to all, a reflection of the terrible danger where the destruction of the family is followed by the destruction of the state.