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Richard III (1944-09-New Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Noel Coward Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 7 mois
Nombre : 83 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 13 September 1944
Dernière: 11 April 1945
Mise en scène : John Burrel •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) : Laurence Olivier •
Avec: Laurence Olivier (Richard III), Joyce Redman, Margaret Leighton, Sybil Thorndike, Michael Warre, Nicholas Hannen, Harcourt Williams, George Relph, Maurice Nicholas, Bay White, Charles Leno, Sydney Tafler, Nancy Nevinson, Ralph Richardson
Commentaires : Un spectacle de la première saison de la Old Vic Company au New Theatre (Noël Coward Th) sous la direction du trio John Burrel, Laurence Oliver et Ralph Richardson.
Presse : Dans Richard III, selon Billington, le triomphe d'Olivier est total: «A un tel point que c'est le rôle où on l'a le plus imité et dont l'interprétation est restée inégalée pendant plus de 40 ans, jusqu'à Antony Sher».

Version 2

Richard III (1948-03-Australian Tour)

Type de série:
Théâtre: Australian Tour ( - Australie)
Durée : 7 mois 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 20 March 1948
Dernière: 31 October 1948
Mise en scène : John Burrel •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) : Laurence Olivier •
Avec: Laurence Olivier (Richard III)

Version 3

Richard III (1949-01-New Theatre-London)

Type de série:
Théâtre: Noel Coward Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 4 mois 1 semaine
Nombre : 35 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 26 January 1949
Dernière: 03 June 1949
Mise en scène : John Burrel •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) : Laurence Olivier •
Avec: Vivien Leigh (Lady Anne), Laurence Olivier (Richard III)
Commentaires : Laurence Olivier accepte de participer à une quatrième saison de la Old Vic Company, même s'il a été viré comme directeur.

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Richard III (1964-01-Aldwych Theatre-London)

Type de série:
Théâtre: Aldwych Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée :
Nombre :
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 11 January 1964
Dernière: Inconnu
Mise en scène : Peter Hall •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Booth Jolyon (Bishop of Ely), Jones Marshall (Citizen 1), Jackson Brian (Citizen 2), Normington John (Citizen 3), Thomas Madoline (Duchess of York), Hardwick Paul (Duke of Buckingham), Kay Charles (Duke of Clarence), Brack Philip (Duke of Norfolk), Gatrell Peter (Duke of York), Dench Jeffery (Earl of Derby), Waring Derek (Earl of Richmond), Marsden Roy (Earl Rivers), Dotrice Roy (Edward IV), Warner David (Henry VI), Suzman Janet (Lady Anne), Jennings Robert (Lieutenant), Sullivan Hugh (Lord Hastings), Corvin John (Lord Mayor of London), Keith Penelope (Lord Mayor's Wife), Ashcroft Peggy (Margaret), Wylton Tim (Messenger), Geddis Peter (Messenger 1), Falk Ronald (Messenger 2), Knowles Henry (Messenger 3), Burton Donald (Murderer 1), Brack Philip (Murderer 2), Hunter James (Prince Edward), Gatrell Anthony (Prince of Wales), Cutts Valerie (Princess Elizabeth), Engel Susan (Queen Elizabeth), Holm Ian (Richard III), Harrison Brian (Sir James Tyrrel), Hussey John (Sir Richard Ratcliff), McCulloch Ian (Sir William Catesby), Barnett Barbara (Unnamed parts), Barton Annabel (Unnamed parts), Boden Anthony (Unnamed parts), Curry Shaun (Unnamed parts), Cutts Valerie (Unnamed parts), Falk Ronald (Unnamed parts), Geddis Peter (Unnamed parts), Hargreaves David (Unnamed parts), Hunter James (Unnamed parts), Jennings Robert (Unnamed parts), Jones Marshall (Unnamed parts), Jones Roger (Unnamed parts), Knowles Henry (Unnamed parts), McConnochie Rhys (Unnamed parts), Menzies Lee (Unnamed parts), Nightingale Tim (Unnamed parts), Rowlands David (Unnamed parts), Steiner John (Unnamed parts), Walsh David (Unnamed parts), Wylton Tim (Unnamed parts)
Commentaires : Un spectacle de la RSC.

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Richard III (1979-10-Olivier Theatre-NT-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: National Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Olivier Theatre
Durée : 5 mois
Nombre : 42 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 04 October 1979
Dernière: 08 March 1980
Mise en scène : Christopher Morahan •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :

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Richard III (1981-11-Aldwych Theatre-London)

Type de série:
Théâtre: Aldwych Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée :
Nombre :
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 24 November 1981
Dernière: Inconnu
Mise en scène : Terry Hands •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Dean Felicity (A Woman), Carlisle John (Bishop of Ely), Vukovic Ned (Citizen), Yates Marjorie (Duchess of York), Godfrey Derek (Duke of Buckingham), Hyde Jonathan (Earl of Richmond), Davies-Prowles Paul (Edward (alt)), Parsey Hayden (Edward (alt)), Smart Jason (Edward (alt)), White Oliver (Edward (alt)), Suchet David (Edward IV), Tobin Julia (ElizabethPlantagenet), Pasco Richard (GeorgeDukeofClarence), Tafler Jonathan (Ghost), Darrell John (Ghost of Henry VI), Riding Catherine (Jane Shore), Cusack Sinéad (Lady Anne), Edwards Rob (Lord Grey), Purchase Bruce (Lord Hastings), Brown Bille (Lord Lovel), Llewellyn Raymond (Lord Mayor of London), Usher Brett (Lord Rivers), Baxter Trevor (Lord Stanley), Dukes Joanna (Margaret (alt)), Parsey Martha (Margaret (alt)), Tudor-Owen Sion (Marquis of Dorset), Darrell John (Monk), McKenna Kilian (Monk), Osuagwu Abraham (Monk), Tafler Jonathan (Monk), Tudor-Owen Sion (Monk), Hazeldine James (Murderer 1), Melia Joe (Murderer 2), Blythe Domini (Queen Elizabeth), Leigh-Hunt Barbara (Queen Margaret), Howard Alan (Richard III), O'Brien Andrew (Richard of York(alt)), Rendall Charles (Richard of York(alt)), Fitzgerald Michael (Sir Christopher Urswick), Kohn Arthur (Sir James Tyrrel), Walker Timothy (Sir John), Armstrong William (Sir Thomas Vaughan), Wilkinson Tom (Sir William Catesby), Bowe John (SirRichard Ratcliffe), Bradley David (SirRobertBrackenbury), Darrell John (Soldier), McKenna Kilian (Soldier), Osuagwu Abraham (Soldier), Tafler Jonathan (Soldier), Tudor-Owen Sion (Soldier), Vukovic Ned (Soldier)
Commentaires : Un spectacle de la RSC.

Version 7

Richard III (1990-07-Lyttelton Theatre-NT-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: National Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Lyttelton Theatre
Durée : 1 an 1 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 105 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 25 July 1990
Dernière: 18 September 1991
Mise en scène : Richard Eyre •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :

Version 8

Richard III (1993-01-Donmar Warehouse-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Donmar Warehouse (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première: 14 January 1993
Dernière: 20 February 1993
Mise en scène : Sam Mendes •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Annabelle Apsion, Simon Russell Beale, Mark Benton, Stephen Boxer, Simon Dormandy, Mike Dowling, Kate Duchene, Sam Graham, Ellie Haddington, Mark Lewis Jones, Cherry Morris, Michael Packer, Daniel Ryan, John Warnaby
Commentaires : Une production de la RSC

Version 9

Richard III (1995-12-Film)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: *** Film (*** - ***)
Durée :
Nombre :
Première Preview : 29 December 1995
Première: 29 December 1995
Dernière: 29 December 1995
Mise en scène : Richard Loncraine •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Ian McKellen (Richard, Duke of Gloucester, puis King Richard III), Annette Bening (Queen Elizabeth), Jim Broadbent (the Duke of Buckingham), Robert Downey, Jr. (Rivers), Kristin Scott Thomas (Lady Anne Neville), Maggie Smith (the Duchess of York), John Wood (King Edward IV), Nigel Hawthorne (George, Duke of Clarence), Adrian Dunbar (Sir James Tyrrel), Edward Hardwicke (Lord Stanley), Tim McInnerny (Sir William Catesby), Jim Carter (Lord Hastings)
Dominic West (Henry, Earl of Richmond (le futur King Henry VII)), Trés Hanley (Lord Rivers' mistress), Roger Hammond (Archbishop Thomas), Donald Sumpter (Robert Brackenbury), Bill Paterson (Richard Ratcliffe), Kate Steavenson-Payne (Princess Elizabeth), Christopher Bowen (Edward of Lancaster, Prince of Wales), Matthew Groom (Prince Richard of York), Marco Williamson (Edward of York, Prince of Wales), Edward Jewesbury (King Henry VI), Michael Elphick (Second murderer), Stacey Kent (Singer at the celebratory ball)
Commentaires : The film's concept was based on a stage production directed by Richard Eyre for the Royal National Theatre, which also starred McKellen. The production was adapted for the screen by McKellen and directed by Richard Loncraine.
The film is notable for its unconventional use of famous British landmarks, often using special effects to move them to new locations. The transformed landmarks used include the following:
St Pancras railway station is relocated to Westminster and becomes King Edward's seat of government.
Battersea Power Station is relocated to the coast of Kent and is portrayed as a bombed-out military base.
Bankside Power Station, rather than the actual Tower of London, is the prison where Clarence is imprisoned. At the time of filming, the station was partially derelict, long before its current partial use as Tate Modern.
Brighton Pavilion is relocated to a coastal clifftop as King Edward's country retreat.
Senate House of the University of London is Richard's seat of government and is used for interior and exterior scenes.[2] The famous art deco facade and clock of Shell Mex House is also featured in exterior shots.
The visually rich production features various symbols, uniforms, weapons, and vehicles that draw openly from the aesthetic of the Third Reich as depicted in Nazi propaganda (especially Triumph of the Will) and war films. At the same time, obvious care is put into diluting and mixing the Nazi references with recognizable British and American uniform styles, props, and visual motifs. The resulting military uniforms, for instance, range from completely Allied in cases of positive characters to almost completely SS in the case of Richard's entourage. Another example of this balanced approach to production design is the choice of tanks for battle scenes between Richmond's and Richard's armies: both use Soviet tanks (T-55s and T-34s respectively), mixed with German, American, and British World War II-era vehicles. To convey the out-of-place nature of the common-born Queen Elizabeth, she is reconfigured as an American socialite similar to Wallis Simpson, and she and her brother are treated with marked disapproval by members of the Court.
Perhaps the play's most famous line—"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"—was re-contextualized by the more recent setting; during the climactic battle, Richard's jeep becomes stuck, hung up on a pile of debris, and his lament is cast as a plea for a mode of transport with legs rather than wheels.
The film enlarges the role of the Duchess of York considerably by combining her character with that of Queen Margaret, as compared with Laurence Olivier's 1955 film version of the play, in which the Duchess hardly appeared at all and Queen Margaret was completely eliminated. The roles of Rivers, Grey, Vaughan, and Dorset are combined into Rivers. The death scenes are shown rather than implied as in the play, and changed to suit the time (Hastings is hanged rather than beheaded) and historical accuracy (Clarence dies by having his throat cut in a bathtub, rather than being drowned in a wine barrel). Lord Rivers—who usually dies offstage (or, in the case of Olivier's film, offscreen)—is impaled by the device of a sharp spike spurting up from the bottom of his mattress while he lies in bed during sex with a woman in a hotel room. Each character's pre-death monologue is also removed, except that of Clarence and Buckingham.

Version 10

Richard III (2011-06-Old Vic-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Old Vic (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 mois 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : 18 June 2011
Première: 29 June 2011
Dernière: 11 September 2011
Mise en scène : Sam Mendes •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Kevin Spacey (Richard III), Maureen Anderman (Duchess of York); Haydn Gwynne (Queen Elizabeth); Chuk Iwuji (Buckingham) ; Gemma Jones ( Queen Margaret); Chandler Williams (George, Duke of Clarence), Stephen Lee Anderson (Sir Richard Ratcliffe), Jeremy Bobb (Catesby & 2nd Murderer & 2nd Citizen), Nathan Darrow (Lord Grey & Richmond), Jack Ellis (Lord Hastings), Isaiah Johnson (Rivers & Lord Mayor), Andrew Long (King Edward IV & Bishop of Ely), Katherine Manners (Young Prince Richard), Howard Overshown (Brackenbury & Keeper & Sir Thomas Vaughan), Simon Lee Phillips (Tyrell & 3rd Citizen & Norfolk), Gary Powell (Lord Lovel & 1st Murderer & 1st Citizen), Michael Rudko (Lord Stanley), Annabel Scholey (Lady Anne), Gavin Stenhouse (Dorset & Urswick), Hannah Stokely (Edward)
Presse : What the popular press had to say...
"Spacey's performance combines instinctive, stage-commanding authority with lovely, droll touches of drop-dead understatement...In addition to giving a modern spin to the black comedy of the political chicanery, Mendes deftly highlights the play's retributive structure. As each of her prophecies comes true and another victim bites the dust...Spine-tingling."
Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Sam Mendes has come up with a beautifully clear, coherent modern-dress production in which the protagonist becomes an autocratic archetype. But the real buzz and excitement stems from Kevin Spacey's powerful central performance. ."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Compellingly watchable though he [Kevin Spacey] is, however, you never feel as you do with the truly great Richard IIIs that Spacey is exposing something dark and dangerous that he has discovered within himself. He offers a brilliant display of bravura technique, but you never quite forget that you are watching a cunningly calculated performance... This is an exciting and richly entertaining production, but one that finally misses greatness by a whisker ."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"The clarity of the direction is admirable, and Spacey delivers a commanding physical performance that's bruised, dark and wickedly subversive."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

Version 11

Richard III (2012-11-Apollo Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Apollo Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 mois 3 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : 02 November 2012
Première: 17 November 2012
Dernière: 10 February 2013
Mise en scène : Tim Carroll •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Samuel Barnett (Queen Elizabeth), Liam Brennan (Clarence and the Lord Mayor), Paul Chahidi (Hastings and Tyrrell), John Paul Connolly (First Murderer and Ratcliff), Ian Drysdale (Scrivener/Rivers/Blunt), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Brakenbury and Catesby), Johnny Flynn (Lady Anne and Grey), James Garnon (Richmond and Duchess of York), Colin Hurley (King Edward IV and Stanley), Roger Lloyd Pack (Duke of Buckingham), Mark Rylance (Richard III), Jethro Skinner (Second Murderer and Messenger), Ben Thompson (Dorset and Bishop of Ely)
Commentaires : Staged with an all-male ensemble, according to original Shakespearean practice. Transfert du Globe Theatre.

Version 12

Richard III (2014-07-Trafalgar Studios 1-London)

Type de série:
Théâtre: Trafalgar Studios (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Studio 1
Durée : 2 mois 3 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : 01 July 2014
Première: 08 July 2014
Dernière: 27 September 2014
Mise en scène : Jamie Lloyd •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Martin Freeman (Richard III), Gina McKee (Queen Elizabeth), Simon Coombs (Tyrrel), Philip Cumbus (Richmond), Gerald Kyd (Catesby), Paul Leonard (Stanley), Forbes Masson (Hastings), Paul McEwan (King Edward IV/Bishop of Ely), Mark Meadows (Clarence/Lord Mayor), Lauren O Neil (Lady Anne), Maggie Steed (Queen Margaret) and Jo Stone-Fewings (Buckingham)
Commentaires : A new production of Shakespeare's Richard III as part of the second season of Trafalgar Transformed at the Trafalgar Studios.

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Richard III (2016-06-Almeida Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Almeida Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois 3 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : 07 June 2016
Première: 14 June 2016
Dernière: 06 August 2016
Mise en scène : Rupert Goold •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Ralph Fiennes (Richard III), Vanessa Redgrave (Queen Margaret), David Annen, Tom Canton, James Garnon, Mark Hadfield, Scott Handy, Finbar Lynch, Aislin McGuckin, Joseph Mydell, Joshua Riley, Lukas Rolfe and Joanna Vanderham
Commentaires : Premier spectacle diffusé dans le cadre de l'Almeida Live

Version 14

Richard III (2019-11-Sam Wanamaker Playhouse-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Globe Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Durée : 2 mois 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : 13 November 2019
Première: 13 November 2019
Dernière: 26 January 2020
Mise en scène : Sean Holmes •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Star(s) :
Avec: Sarah Amankwah, Philip Arditti, Nina Bowers, Jonathan Broadbent, Leaphia Darko, Steffan Donnelly, Colin Hurley, Sophie Russell, Helen Schlesinger.