
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.

as Richard III

as Queen Margaret

as King Edward IV/James Tyrrell/Sir James Blunt

as Earl Rivers

as Sir Robert Brakenburry/Earl of Richmond

as Catesby

as Bishop of Ely

as Duchess of York

as William, Lord Hastings

as Ratcliffe/Lord Mayor

as George, Duke of Clarence

as Duke of Buckingham

as Queen Elizabeth

as Lord Stanley

as Marquess of Dorset

as Lady Anne

as Prince Edward

as Prince Edward

as Richard, Duke of York