The Royal Shakespeare Company wasn't actual granted their royal charter until 1925, 50 years after they were founded in 1875 when Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Ltd. company incorporated.
Richard the II was first performed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1896 and then again in 1899 and 1901. Then the play was staged every year between 1904 and 1915 except for 1912.
The Memorial Theatre saw the perfomance 14 more times between 1920 and 1951.
The first performance of Richard II at the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre was in 1964. The RSC toured with Richard II in 1971 and even took the play to Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York in 1974. Royal Shakespeare Theatre has been host to the play another 5 times between 1973 and 1990.
Not to be left out the other theatres at the RSC have also hosted the play - The Other Place in 2000 and The Courtyard in 2006 and 2007.
RSC productions of RIchard II have also graced The Barbican in London in 1987 and 1991 and The Pit in London in 2000.
The last time the RSC staged the play was in 2008 at The Roundhouse in London with Jonathan Slinger as Richard, reprising his 2007 Stratford performance.
Other famous Richard's at the RSC have included Michael Redgrave, David Warner, Jeremy Irons, and Samuel West.
