Richard III

Play :: show/work:S4765, production/tour:T01583640176

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14 Oct 08 to 8 Nov 08

Richard III Play :: listing:L01975416789, production:T01583640176, show:S4765, venue: V299

Jack Studio Theatre (previously Brockley Studio Theatre) Outer London Greater London

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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!"?).
Performers Anthony Acosta, Matthew Burton, Jonny Bussell, Adam Dahrouge, Richard Delaney, Christopher Finn, Gareth Fordred, Austin Hardiman, Mark Leipacher, Fingal McKiernan, Derval Mellett, Danny Millar, Kate Sawyer, Ross Henry Steele, Tom Vickers, Diana Walker, Fiona Watson. Author Shakespeare. Company The Faction. Director Mark Leipacher. Director Alexander Summers (associate director).