Richard III

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1998 touring production of Richard III. Directed by Elijah Moshinsky with Robert Lindsay as Richard.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 10 Nov 1998
Duration: 165 mins

Director

Elijah Moshinsky

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Corin Buckeridge

Production Design

Rob Howell

Cast

Benny Young	King Edward IV
Dilys Hamlett	Duchess of York
Gwilym Lee	Prince Edward (Prince of Wales)
Sam Wood (2)	Richard, the young Duke of York
Kevin McMonagle	George, Duke of Clarence
Anna Carteret	Queen Margaret
Benny Young	Sir Walter Herbert
Benny Young	Scrivener
Charles Baillie	Sir Robert Brackenbury
Charles Baillie	Earl of Oxford
David Killick	Stanley, Earl of Derby
David Semark	Messenger
David Semark	Duke of Norfolk
David Yelland	Duke of Buckingham
Dickon Tyrrell	Lord Rivers
Dickon Tyrrell	Earl of Surrey
Dickon Tyrrell	Sir James Tyrrel
Frank Kovacs	Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Jo Stone-Fewings	Earl of Richmond
Jo Stone-Fewings	Lord Grey
Jon Fenner	Marquis of Dorset
Paul Leonard	Lord Mayor of London
Rachel Power	Lady Anne
Robert East	Hastings
Robert Lindsay	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Russell Gomer	Bishop of Ely
Russell Gomer	Murderer (2)
Russell Gomer	Messenger
Sian Thomas	Queen Elizabeth
Tom Bowles	Sir William Catesby

Notes: A recording (for understudy) was made 17 October 1998 at the Theatre Royal, Norwich.
General: Citizens played by Charles Baillie, Victoria Davar, Paul Leonard, Patricia Leventon.
History: Press night 28 October 1998. After three previews at the RST (1-3 October) the production went on tour returning to the RST 27 October-14 November.
Awards: Rob Howell won an Olivier Award for the set design.
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Day, Gillian, King Richard III (London: Arden Shakespeare, 2000). [Studies post-World War II RSC productions of Richard III through a detailed comparative analysis of political staging].

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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