The Stage Direction that set me off on a 41 year journey to explore SHAKESPEARE'S RADICAL POLITICS.
NO ONE IS WEARING THE CROWN!
This one brief stage direction which I read 41 years ago started me off on a (never-ending) exploration of Shakespeare RADICAL POLITICS and led me to write a screenplay, a stage play and this article in Perspective published last month.
ACTS OF SEDITION
"Re-enter DUKE OF YORK, with KING RICHARD II, and Officers bearing the crown and regalia." 
NO-ONE IS WEARING THE CROWN! The country is leaderless.
- The unforgettable Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson who alternated the roles of Richard and Bolingbroke in John Barton's masterpiece of direction.

https://perspectivemag.co.uk/acts-of-sedition/