Is there some reason why an American audience should care about the future of the British monarchy? That’s the question that hangs over King Charles III, playwright Mike Bartlett’s cleverly conceived play, simultaneously stately and subversive, that imagines what will happen after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, when the Prince of Wales ascends the throne.

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Tim Pigott-Smith as King Charles III

Margot Leicester as Camilla, Tim Pigott-Smith as King Charles III

Oliver Chris as Prince William and Lydia Wilson as his wife Kate Middleton

Tafline Steen as Jess, the commoner that Prince Harry (Richard Goulding) falls for

Oliver Chris as Prince William and Tim Pigott-Smith as his father King Charles III

Lydia Wilson as Kate Middleton and Tim Pigott-Smith as her father-in-law King Charles

Tim Pigott-Smith as King Charles and Adam James as Prime Minister Evans

The cast of King Charles III

King Charles III