Turning to Richard III. Sturua applied the artistic resources of the 'epic theatre' to Shakespeare. Such a treatment lent the play a captivating quality and made it sound extremely topical. Later, Sturua explained his approach in this way '.'... undoubtedly, the play was influenced to some degree by Brechfs ideas. But after his antidictatorial productions one cannot help being affected, if not by his forms, then at least by his new view of tyrants.' Brechfs sober approach, rejecting any attempts to camouflage selfish interest with pompous verbiage or romantic assertions, reflected the viewpoint of the people, who did not want to go into the spiritual complexities of the villainous hero. Sturua lays the scene under the canopy of a huge white tent resembling a side-show booth. Using the devices of the side show which has gone through the schooling of the 'epic theatre', Sturua creates a farcical image of a power mechanism operated by a gang of grotesquely picturesque rascals, who—far from resisting evil—are not at all ashamed to look at the evil deeds being perpetrated. Moreover, it is fair to say that there is not a single human being in Scene from Richard III