Richard III

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

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!"?).

Cast/Performers

Michelle Terry (Richard Duke of Gloucester), Catrin Aaron (Hastings / Tyrell), Rosalind Blessed (Executioner / Citizen / Ensemble / Cover), Hayley Carmichael (Duchess of York), Sam Crerar (Richmond / Catesby), Katie Erich (Lady Anne), Sarah Finigan (King Edward / Mayor), Poppy Miller (Margaret), Marianne Oldham (Elizabeth), Helen Schlesinger (Buckingham), Kibong Tanji (Clarence / Stanley), Em Thane (Rivers / Commissioner), Ayla Wheatley (Messenger / Ensemble / Cover), Tanika Yearwood (Grey / Ratcliffe), Isabelle Chiara Dawodu (Prince Edward - some dates), Felicity Tong (Prince Edward - some dates), Holly-Jade Roberts (Young Richard - some dates), Poppy Setrem (Young Richard - some dates)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Shakespeare's Globe
Director(s): Elle While, Becky Paris (casting), Indiana Lown-Collins (associate director)
Design: E Mallin Parry
Music: James Maloney