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!"?). All male company. Running time: 2hrs 30mins including one interval.

Cast/Performers

Richard Clothier, John Dougall, Robert Hands, Dominic Tighe, Kelsey Brookfield, Thomas Padden, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Jon Trenchard, Chris Myles, Tony Bell, David Newman, Sam Swainsbury, Richard Frame, Wayne Cater

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Corporate Sponsor: Coutts
Company: Propellor (in association with the Belgrade Theatre and the Touring Partnership
Director: Edward Hall
Design: Michael Pavelka
Lighting: Ben Ormerod