Richard III became one of the significant roles of M. A. Ulyanov. This was the first performance for many years to be created by a unified directorial idea. It spoke about an overall bail of evil. Everyone is engaged in their own strives. Here one murder prosily follows another murder.

Kaplanyan put Shakespeare on the stage with the fury and excessiveness characteristic of Armenian theatre. But Ulyanov was not afraid by the pressure of the directorial temper. The grotesque motive of the comedian craft became prevailing for his Richard.