Richard III. William Shakespeare

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      RICHARD III

      Propeller Shakespeare

      RICHARD III

      Edited by Edward Hall and Roger Warren

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      Text of Richard III copyright © Propeller, 2013

      Individual contributions copyright © the contributors, 2013

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      PB ISBN: 978-1-78319-010-2

      EPUB ISBN: 978-1-78319-509-1

      Cover design by James Illman. The skull is based on that of the historical Richard, recently discovered in Leicester.

      Production images © Manuel Harlan.

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      Contents

       Cast and Production Team

       Edward Hall on Propeller

       Shakespeare’s Richard III

       Designing Richard III

       Music in Richard III

       This Edition

       Richard III

      Propeller’s Richard III was first performed at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry on 18 November 2010, with the following cast:

       RICHARD Duke of Gloucester,

      later King Richard III Richard Clothier

      GEORGE Duke of Clarence, his brother John Dougall

      KING EDWARD IV, also his brother Robert Hands

      QUEEN ELIZABETH, Edward’s wife Dominic Tighe

      LORD RIVERS, her brother Kelsey Brookfield

      LORD HASTINGS Thomas Padden

      SIR RICHARD RATCLIFFE Dugald Bruce-Lockhart

      LADY ANNE Jon Trenchard

      DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM Chris Myles

      QUEEN MARGARET, widow of King Henry VI Tony Bell

      SIR WILLIAM CATESBY David Newman

      TWO MURDERERS Sam Swainsbury, Richard Frame

      DUCHESS OF YORK, Richard’s mother Kelsey Brookfield

      BISHOP OF ELY Wayne Cater

      SCRIVENER Tony Bell

      DUKE OF NORFOLK Thomas Padden

      LORD STANLEY John Dougall

      EARL OF RICHMOND, his stepson Robert Hands

       All other parts played by members of the Company.

      It was subsequently performed at:

      Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

      Theatre Royal, Newcastle

      Theatre Royal, Norwich

      King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

      Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

      The Lowry, Salford

      The Power Center, Ann Arbour, Michigan

      Watermill Theatre, Newbury

      Theatre Royal, Plymouth

      Festival de Otono a Primavera, Madrid

      Huntington Theatre Company, Boston

      Hampstead Theatre, London

      Neuss Festival, Germany

      Galway Festival

      The tour was presented in association with the Touring Partnership, funded by the Arts Council of England, and sponsored by Coutts & Co.

      Richard Clothier received the Eliot Norton Award for the outstanding performance by an actor in Boston, 2011.

       PRODUCTION TEAM

      Director Edward Hall

      Designer Michael Pavelka

      Lighting Designer Ben Ormerod

      Music by Propeller

      Additional Arrangements and Original Music by Jon Trenchard

      Scrivener’s Rap by Tony Bell

      Text adapted by Edward Hall and Roger Warren

      Sound David Gregory

      Associate Director Paul Hart

      Company Manager Nick Chesterfield

      Production