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.
Ralph Fiennes
as Richard III
Vanessa Redgrave
as Queen Margaret
David Annen
as King Edward IV/James Tyrrell/Sir James Blunt
Joseph Arkley
as Earl Rivers
Tom Canton
as Sir Robert Brakenburry/Earl of Richmond
Daniel Cerqueira
as Catesby
Simon Coates
as Bishop of Ely
Susan Engel
as Duchess of York
James Garnon
as William, Lord Hastings
Mark Hadfield
as Ratcliffe/Lord Mayor
Scott Handy
as George, Duke of Clarence
Finbar Lynch
as Duke of Buckingham
