Richard III

Synopsis: Complete performance with Robert Stephens as Richard, Peggy Ashcroft as Queen Margaret, and Glenda Jackson as Lady Anne.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Year of release: 1960
Availability: Sale

Director

Writer

Cast

Paul Curran	King Edward IV
Rosalind Atkinson	Duchess of York
Derek Seaton	Prince Edward (Prince of Wales)
Richard O’Callaghan	Richard, the young Duke of York
Jeremy Brett	George, Duke of Clarence
Arthur Hewlett	Ghost of King Henry VI
Cyril Cusack	Duke of Buckingham
Edward de Souza	Sir James Tyrrel
Edward de Souza	Ghost of Prince Edward
Emrys James	Murderer
Emrys James	Christopher Unswick, a Priest
Emrys James	Sir Walter Herbert
George Benson	Stanley, Earl of Derby
Gerald James	Sir Robert Brackenbury
Gerald Rowlands	Clarence’s son
Glenda Jackson	Lady Anne
Ian Holm	Earl of Richmond
John Dane	Sir Richard Ratcliffe
John Saunders	Bishop of Ely
John Saunders	Sheriff
June Jago	Queen Elizabeth
Keith Pyott	Cardinal
Michael York	Sir Thomas Vaughan
Michael York	Marquis of Dorset
Nigel Davenport	Lord Hastings
Peggy Ashcroft	Queen Margaret
Richard Hampton	Lord Rivers
Richard O’Callaghan	Messenger
Robert Stephens	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Sarah Milton	Clarence’s daughter
Stephen Moore	Lord Grey
Trevor Martin	Murderer
Trevor Martin	Sir James Blunt
Wallas Eaton	Earl of Oxford
Wallas Eaton	Scrivener
Willoughby Goddard	Lord Mayor of London

Textual information: Penguin text used
Documentation: Includes complete text.
Reviews: For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

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