Details

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

Kim Hardy (Richard Duke of Glouster), Fiona Tong (Duchess of York), Oliver Hewett (King Edward IV / Mayor of London / Earl of Oxford), Thomas Walker Barron (George Clarence / Archbishop / Lord Blunt), Helen Rose Hampton (Queen Elizabeth), Anglea Harvey (Queen Margaret), Luke MacLeod (Earl Rivers / Bishop of Ely / Priest / Lord Herbert), Alex Stevens (Lord Grey / Prince Edward / Lieutenant / Messenger), Guy Faith (Duke of Buckingham), Julia Papp (Lady Anne), Lawrence O'Connor (Lord Stanley), Matt Hastings (Lord William Hastings), Simon Rodda (Richmond / Brackenbury / Cardinal), Liam Murray Scott (Sir Catesby / 1st Murderer / 1st Citizen / Duke of Norfolk), James Unsworth (Sir Ratcliffe / 2nd Murderer / 2nd Citizen / Earl of Surrey), Rowan Winter (Duke of York / 3rd Citizen / Executioner / Messenger)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Front Foot Theatre
Director: Lawrence Carmichael
Design: Amanda Mascarenhas
Costume: Carrie-Ann Stein
Sound: Kim Hardy