Richard III

Synopsis: A videotaped recording, using a single camera, of Richard III directed by Ruediger Burbach for the Schauspielhaus, Zurich in 2000. Norman Schenk is Richard. The video concept, realised and directed by Alexander Meier, begins with the actors’ performances projected onto the stage, other video sequences of the stage itself was also projected onto the set, said Meier, ‘creating a sense of movement and abstraction’.
Language: German (Switzerland)
Country: Switzerland
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 2000

Textual information: Translated into German by Wolfgang Swaczynna. Adapted by W. Swaczynna and Wolfgang Stockmann.
Reviews: Jauslin, Christian. Shakespeare Jahrbuch 137 (2001): 191-98 (in review-article).

Lorenz Claussen	King Edward IV
Susanne Haeusler	Duchess of York
Katharina Schmolzer	Prince Edward (Prince of Wales)
Katharina von Bock	Richard, the young Duke of York
Matthias Scheuring	George, Duke of Clarence
Andrea Bettini	Duke of Buckingham
Andreas Kraemer	Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Kai Moeller	Stanley, Earl of Derby
Katharina von Bock	Queen Margaret
Katja Amberger	Queen Elizabeth
Klaus Knuth	Lord Hastings
Lorenz Claussen	Lord Mayor of London
Matthias Scheuring	Lord Rivers
Norman Schenk	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Stefan Lahr	Sir William Catesby

British Universities Film & Video Council