SHORT TAKES : Stacy Keach to Play ‘Richard III’

Stacy Keach, better known to television viewers as Mike Hammer, will star in the title role of “Richard III” when the Shakespeare Theater at the Folger’s 1990-91 season opens Sept. 11. It won’t be the first time Keach has trod the boards in Washington. He was here four years ago when the flamboyant director Peter Sellars cast him in the starring role in “Idiot’s Delight” at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He also played the Kennedy Center in the title role in the national touring company production of “Barnum.”