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Richard III archiveOr 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!"?). Staged with an all-male ensemble, according to original Shakespearean practice

Cast/Performers

Samuel Barnett (Queen Elizabeth), Liam Brennan (Clarence and the Lord Mayor), Paul Chahidi (Hastings and Tyrrell), John Paul Connolly (First Murderer and Ratcliff), Ian Drysdale (Scrivener / Rivers / Blunt), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Brakenbury and Catesby), Johnny Flynn (Lady Anne and Grey), James Garnon (Richmond and Duchess of York), Colin Hurley (King Edward IV and Stanley), Roger Lloyd Pack (Duke of Buckingham), Mark Rylance (Richard III), Jethro Skinner (Second Murderer and Messenger), Ben Thompson (Dorset and Bishop of Ely)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer(s): Globe Theatre, SoniaFriedman Productions, Shakespeare Road, 1001 Nights, Tulchin, Bartner Productions
Director: Tim Carroll
Design: Jenny Tiramani
Music: Claire van Kampen

Richard III

Richard III (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01815916784. Details of all Richard III archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4765

Archive Listings

2 Nov 12
  to
10 Feb 13
Apollo Theatre
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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