Richard III

Synopsis: Live audio recording of Terry Hand’s 1981 staging of Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Alan Howard in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 8 Dec 1991
Duration: 451 mins

Director

Terry Hands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Guy Woolfenden

Cast

David Suchet	King Edward IV
Marjorie Yates	Duchess of York
Richard Pasco	George, Duke of Clarence
Alan Howard	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Arthur Kohn	Sir James Tyrrel
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	Queen Margaret
Bille Brown	Lord Lovell
Brett Usher	Lord Rivers
Bruce Purchase	Lord Hastings
Catherine Riding	Jane Shore
David Bradley	Sir Robert Brackenbury
Derek Godfrey	Duke of Buckingham
Domini Blythe	Queen Elizabeth
James Hazeldine	Murderer (1)
Joe Melia	Murderer (2)
John Bowe	Sir Richard Ratcliffe
John Carlisle	Bishop of Ely
John Darrell	Ghost of King Henry VI
Jonathan Tafler	Ghost of Prince Edward
Julia Tobin	Elizabeth Plantagenet
Michael Fitzgerald	Christopher Unswick, a Priest
Ray Llewellyn	Lord Mayor of London
Rob Edwards	Lord Grey
Sinead Cusack	Lady Anne
Sion Tudor-Owen	Marquis of Dorset
Timothy Walker	John, a Priest
Tom Wilkinson	Sir William Catesby
Trevor Baxter	Stanley, Earl of Derby
William Armstrong	Sir Thomas Vaughan

General: Edward, son of Edward IV, played either by Paul Davies-Prowles or Jason Smart; Richard, Duke of York, played either by Andrew O’Brien or Charles Rendall; Edward, Clarence’s son played either by Hayden Parsey or Oliver White; Margaret, Clarence’s daughter, played either by Joanna Dukes or Martha Parsey.

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