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
