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Or by its full first quarto title of The Tragedy of King Richard the Third, containing his trecherous plots against his brother Clarence: the pittiful murder of his innocent nephews: his tyrannical usurpation: with the whole course of his detested life and most deserved death. Of course, nowadays Richard is seen as much maligned but the image of the hunchback reciting "Now is the winter of our discontent" will remain with us for a long time. Essentially the plot sees Richard assuming the throne after Edward IV and disposing of all those with greater right. He is finally killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field after having pronounced that other great line "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (shouldn't that be "An horse!"?). Performed in French. Synopsis provided. A wonderful opportunity to see Shakespeare through the eyes of another culture. This epic and visually stunning production, performed in French, will give you an excitingly different view of our greatest playwrigh's vision of one of England's premier villains.

Cast/Performers

Martine Bertrand, Jerome Bidaux, Jean-Claude Bonnifait, Murielle Colvez, Vero Dahuron, Stephane Delbasse, Pierre Puy, Natalie Royer, Jean-Benoit Terral, Nathalie Vannereau

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: La Panta Theatre
Director: Pascal Collin
Design: Guy Delamotte