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RICHARD III
Propeller Shakespeare
RICHARD III
Edited by Edward Hall and Roger Warren
OBERON BOOKS
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First published in 2013 by Oberon Books Ltd
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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
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
