O'Hara's production of "Richard III," staged in New York as part of the Public Theater's 2022 Shakespeare in the Park series, adds new dimensions to his text by adopting a tonal vernacular modern audiences can understand while maintaining the text's integrity. Taking on "Richard III" returns Gurira to familiar ground as a performer steeped in the literary and performance traditions of Shakespeare and as a playwright who understands, as she observed at a press conference a few months ago, that great writing "transcends culture, it transcends the specificity of the color of your skin or even gender. She's played Michonne in " The Walking Dead" for more than a decade. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she's revered as Okoye, the fierce general of the Dora Milaje in the " Black Panther" series. The Bard's villain of villains echoes throughout entertainment, manifesting in the likes of Tony Soprano and Walter White – antiheroes positioned in their stories as heroes.ĭirector Robert O'Hara ("Slave Play") additionally blurs the definition of protagonist and antagonist by casting actor and playwright Danai Gurira in the title role, a woman who embodies two of the fiercest heroes on TV and in film. Even if you have never seen a production of William Shakespeare's " Richard III" you know and probably adore some version of him.
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