The actor, on a hot streak after “Wicked,” takes on his biggest stage role to date. In London, he plays Shakespeare’s unfortunate king as a flouncing sociopath.

REVIEW: Bridgerton and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey stars as Shakespeare's Richard II at the Bridge Theatre, London.

The Bridgerton star doesn’t attain the greatness of Ben Whishaw and David Tennant as Richard in Nicholas Hytner’s unflashy staging

Bailey inhabits and humanizes the king in a clean, clear, martial staging from Nicholas Hytner that feels right for our times

"Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it." OK, that's the wrong play since it's a line from "Macbeth," but it best sums up Jonathan Bailey's performance in the new London production of "Richard II": The actor cranks up several gears the moment his character is forced by usurper Henry Bullingbrook to give

Richard II is played by Jonathan Bailey, whose past work includes Bridgerton, Fellow Travellers, Cassio in Nicholas Hytner’s National Theatre production of Othello and Edgar to Ian McKellen’s King Lear.