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.
Release Date
July 21, 2016Runtime
170 minDirected by
Rupert GooldLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Ralph Fiennes
Richard IIIVanessa Redgrave
Queen MargaretDavid Annen
King Edward IV/James Tyrrell/Sir James BluntJoseph Arkley
Earl RiversTom Canton
Sir Robert Brakenburry/Earl of RichmondDaniel Cerqueira
CatesbyJames Garnon
William, Lord HastingsMark Hadfield
Ratcliffe/Lord MayorScott Handy
George, Duke of ClarenceFinbar Lynch
Duke of BuckinghamAislín McGuckin
Queen ElizabethJoseph Mydell
Lord StanleyJoshua Riley
Marquess of DorsetJoanna Vanderham
Lady Anne