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!"?).

Cast/Performers

Mat Fraser (Richard III), Catherine Kinsella (Lady Anne), Ruth Alexander-Rubin (Elizabeth), Luke Adamson (Catesby), Matt Connor (Buckingham), Jim English (Murderer / Prince), Dean Whatton (Murderer / Prince), Matthew Booth (Brackenbury / Ratcliffe), Richard Standing (clarence / Major), Christine Cox (Duchess), Roy North (Hastings), Ben Wright (Rivers / Bishop / Richmond), Jason Furnival (Stanley), Barrie Rutter (King Edward), Max Gallagher (Dorset), Flo Wilson (Margaret), Brian Swallow (drummer), Ian Marriot (drummer), Paul Poulton (drummer), Roger Hodds (drummer), Diana Tanase (drummer), Pritti Mistry (drummer), Dave Ellis (drummer), Mel Samuel (drummer), Sylvia Hodson (drummer)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer(s): Hull Truck Theatre, Hull 2017
Company: Northern Broadsides
Director: Barrie Rutter
Design: Neil Murray
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Musical Director: Conrad Nelson
Other: Kay Burnett (production manager)
Stage Manager(s): Jen Hirst, Ailsa Bonner (deputy stage manager), Shona Wright (assistant stage manager)