Richard III

Synopsis: A video recording of the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre all-female production of Richard III directed by Barry Kyle. Kathryn Hunter is Richard.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2003

Director

Barry Kyle

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Keith McGowan

Production Design

Jenny Tiramani

Costume

Jenny Tiramani; Luca Costigliolo

Cast

Liz Kettle	King Edward IV
Penelope Dimond	Duchess of York
Ann Ogbomo	Prince Edward (Prince of Wales)
Liza Hayden	Richard, the young Duke of York
Laura Rogers	George, Duke of Clarence
Amanda Harris	Duke of Buckingham
Ann Ogbomo	Marquis of Dorset
Ann Ogbomo	Jane Shore
Anna Healy	Messenger
Anna Healy	Lord Hastings
Anna Healy	Earl of Surrey
Jules Melvin	Lord Rivers
Jules Melvin	Scrivener
Jules Melvin	Messenger
Jules Melvin	Sir James Tyrrel
Jules Melvin	Duke of Norfolk
Kathryn Hunter	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Linda Bassett	Queen Margaret
Linda Bassett	Ghost of King Henry VI
Linda Bassett	Messenger
Liz Kettle	Bishop of Ely
Liza Hayden	Murderer (2)
Liza Hayden	Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Louise Bush	Sir Robert Brackenbury
Louise Bush	Earl of Richmond
Louise Bush	Lord Grey
Meredith MacNeill	Lady Anne
Meredith MacNeill	Young Elizabeth
Penelope Beaumont	Stanley, Earl of Derby
Penelope Dimond	Sir James Blunt

Theatre: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Theatre company: Women’s Company
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Elizabethan
Plays: Henry VI part 1; Richard III
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-female casts; Gender reversal

Notes: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.
Reviews: A.C. Grayling, Richard III http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/reviews/richardiii.html

Lois Potter, Shakespeare Quarterly 55 (2004): 450-61 (review article).

For a detailed account of the rehearsal process, and comments from actors on their roles, visit http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/globelink/frameset.htm

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