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
Credits
- Director
- Michael Boyd
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- James Jones
- Production Design
- Tom Piper
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Swan Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Richard III
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- 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].
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Richard III". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66343 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)