Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III

The Almeida Theatre makes its live screening debut with an explosive new adaptation of Richard III, directed by Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold with Ralph Fiennes as Shakespeare’s most notorious villain and Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Margaret. War-torn England is reeling after years of bitter conflict. King Edward is ailing, and as political unrest begins to stir once more, Edward’s brother Richard – vicious in war, despised in peacetime – awaits the opportunity to seize his brother’s crown. Through the malevolent Richard, Shakespeare examines the all-consuming nature of the desire for power amid a society riddled by conflict. Olivier-winning director Rupert Goold’s (Macbeth, King Charles III) searing new production hones a microscopic focus on the mythology surrounding a monarch whose machinations are inextricably woven into the fabric of British history.

Cast

Ralph Fiennes Richard III Vanessa Redgrave Queen Margaret David Annen King Edward IV/James Tyrrell/Sir James Blunt Joseph Arkley Earl Rivers Tom Canton Sir Robert Brakenburry/Earl of Richmond Daniel Cerqueira Catesby Simon Coates Bishop of Ely Susan Engel Duchess of York James Garnon William, Lord Hastings Mark Hadfield Ratcliffe/Lord Mayor Scott Handy George, Duke of Clarence Finbar Lynch Duke of Buckingham

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