I absolutely love watching Shakespeare's plays performed. They make so much more sense when I hear and see how the people look, what they are saying, how they are saying it, etc. It is rather uneventful reading plays when they are obviously meant to be performed. Seeing King Richard II performed completely changes my outlook on the play. Hint: I understand it much more and appreciate it much more. Michael Pennington is brilliant, and such a wonderful actor. He is so powerful in the execution of his words, and the emotion in his voice really brings the words to life. I found myself getting chills in the first few minutes when he began delivering his performance. Seeing this really gave me a different outlook on the characters. It assisted me to understand and articulate the story more accurately. Even though it is rather difficult to understand the words Shakespeare uses, being able to see people speak them with real emotion helps explain the play better. I really feel like a lot of people don't appreciate Shakespeare simply because they don't understand it. For me, seeing the plays performed has helped me with that more because in just seeing somebody's deliverance with the dialogue can help point the audience in the right direction. I'm really glad we were introduced to this.