Richard III

Synopsis: Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2001 production of Richard III. Directed by Michael Boyd with Aidan McArdle as Richard.
Series: This England: The Histories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 21 Feb 2001
Duration: 190 mins

Director

Michael Boyd

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

James Jones

Production Design

Tom Piper

Cast

Tom Beard	King Edward IV
Deidra Morris	Duchess of York
George Clarke	Prince Edward (Prince of Wales)
Rupert Carter	Richard, the young Duke of York
Rashan Stone	George, Duke of Clarence
Aidan McArdle	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Aislin McGuckin	Lady Anne
Chris Ettridge	Christopher Unswick, a Priest
Clive Wood	Ghost of York (Ghost)
David Beames	Lord Hastings
David Oyelowo	Ghost of King Henry VI
Edward Clayton	Keeper of the Tower
Elaine Pyke	Queen Elizabeth
Fiona Bell	Queen Margaret
Gavin Marshall	Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Geff Francis	Ghost of Warwick (Ghost)
Geoffrey Streatfeild	Lord Lovell
Geoffrey Streatfeild	Murderer (1)
Georgia Greene	Clarence’s daughter
Jake Nightingale	Sir James Tyrrel
James Tucker	Sir William Catesby
Jerome Willis	Cardinal
John Kane	Bishop of Ely
Keith Bartlett	Stanley, Earl of Derby
Lily Milton	Clarence’s daughter
Neil Madden	Ghost of Prince Edward
Neil Madden	Keeper’s assistant
Nicholas Asbury	Murderer (2)
Oliver Gallant	Clarence’s son
Owen Oakeshott	Earl of Oxford
Owen Oakeshott	Messenger
Philip Brook	Lord Mayor of London
Richard Cordery	Duke of Buckingham
Richard Dillane	Lord Rivers
Robert Barton	Lord Grey
Ross McDermott	Clarence’s son
Sam Troughton	Earl of Richmond
Sarah D’Arcy	Marquis of Dorset

General: This England: The Histories was a season of Shakespeare’s history plays staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2000-2001. The company staged both of Shakespeare’s tetralogies of history plays so that audiences could see all eight plays over several days. The plays staged were: Richard II, Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV, part 2, Henry V, Henry VI, part 1, Henry VI, part 2, Henry VI, part 3, and Richard III. The RSC retained the same actors in the same role, but gave different plays to different directors.
History: Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 10-18 March 2001; at the Young Vic, London, May 2001; and at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2001. Press night (Swan) 14 February 2001
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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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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