Richard III

By William Shakespeare

Sponsored by The Estate of Elizabeth R. Pollak with Victor Pollak

Artistic Staff

Director Cameron Knight Scenic Designer Apollo Mark Weaver Costume Designer Lauren T. Roark Lighting Designer Michael Gilliam Sound Designer/Original Music Composer Lindsay Jones Music Director Brandon Scott Grayson Dramaturg Isabel Smith-Bernstein Voice and Text Coach Philip Thompson Fight Director Paul Dennhardt Intimacy Director Caitlyn Herzlinger Stage Manager Caleb Thomas Cook*

Scene: London and other parts of England There will be one intermission.

Cast

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, brother to the king, afterwards King Richard III Aidan O’Reilly*

George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the king Aaron Galligan-Stierle* Sir Robert Brakenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower Ezekiel Andrew* Lord Hastings Todd Denning*

Lady Anne, widow of Edward, Prince of Wales Sarah Suzuki Elizabeth, queen to King Edward IV Desirée Mee Jung*

Marquess of Dorset, son to Queen Elizabeth Cordell Cole Duke of Buckingham René Thornton Jr.* Lord Stanley, called also Earl of Derby Chris Mixon* Margaret, widow of King Henry VI Melinda Pfundstein* Sir William Catesby Jovan A. Davis Murderer Marco Antonio Vega King Edward IV Perry Ojeda* Sir Richard Ratcliffe Mauricio Miranda

Duchess of York, mother to King Edward IV, Duke of Clarence, and Duke of Gloucester Sarah Shippobotham Edward, Prince of Wales, son to the king, afterwards King Edward V Jessica Sannar† Richard, Duke of York, son to the king Finley Caciola† Messengers Luke Sidney Johnson, Marco Antonio Vega Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury Mauricio Miranda

Lord Mayor of London Perry Ojeda* Priests Ezekiel Andrew*, Luke Sidney Johnson John Morton, Bishop of Ely Aaron Galligan-Stierle* Sir James Tyrrel Danforth Comins*

Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII Cordell Cole Sir James Blunt Ezekiel Andrew* Ensemble Finley Caciola†, Cordell Cole, Danforth Comins*, Jovan A. Davis, Todd Denning*, Aaron Galligan-Stierle*, Luke Sidney Johnson, Mauricio Miranda, Chris Mixon*, Perry Ojeda*, Sarah Suzuki, Marco Antonio Vega

Understudies

Michael Doherty*— Bishop of Ely/Duke of Clarence/ Ensemble; Raven Flynn†—Edward, Prince of Wales/Richard, Duke of York; Kristina C. Harding—Duchess of York/Margaret; Michael A. Harding— Duke of Buckingham/King Edward IV/Lord Hastings/Lord Mayor of London/Lord Stanley/Ensemble; Alex Keiper*—Elizabeth; Max Kunz— Cardinal Bourchier/Murderer/Sir James Blunt/Sir James Tyrell/Sir Richard Ratcliff/Sir Robert Brakenbury/Priest/Ensemble; Kat Lee—Lady Anne/Ensemble; Mauricio Miranda—Marquess of Dorset/Henry, Earl of Richmond; Olivia Rylan Sham†—Sir William Catesby; Marco Antonio Vega—Richard, Duke of Gloucester Understudies never substitute for listed players unless an announcement is made prior to the performance.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. †Appearing courtesy of the Southern Utah University Fellowship Program.

The fight director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The scenery, costume, sound, and lighting designers are represented by the United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE.

Videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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STAFF

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The Story of the Play

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize the crown from within his own family. The War of the Roses is over, leaving the House of York victorious over the House of Lancaster. He tells of his plans in the famous soliloquy that begins “Now is the winter of our discontent/ Made glorious summer by this son of York,” (1.1.1–2) and which refers to the success of his brother Edward, Duke of York, who has overthrown Henry VI of Lancaster and taken the English throne. Edward is just one of the players between Richard of Gloucester and the crown.

Richard halts the procession accompanying the casket of King Henry VI of Lancaster, whom Richard murdered in the Tower of London days before. Lady Anne Neville cries over the coffin of her father-in-law, as she is the widow of Henry’s only son Edward—whom Richard also murdered. Richard woos Anne and she agrees to become his bride. There is uneasy peace in the castle between the previously warring factions. Edward IV’s queen, Elizabeth Woodville, frequently butts heads with Richard as well as the deposed Queen Margaret of Anjou, widow of Henry VI. As political tensions rise, Margaret prophetically curses both sides.

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Now married to Anne, Richard’s next step to the throne is to eliminate his older brother, the Duke of Clarence. After Clarence’s death, King Edward also dies from his pre-existing illness. With the throne now vacant, plans are set in motion to crown Edward IV’s oldest son. Richard supercedes these plans, rushes the coronation, and sends the princes to the Tower— supposedly to better protect them. After careful maneuvering among London’s political leaders, a clever planting of slander regarding the bastardy of Edward IV and his children, and gaining support of the citizens, Richard ascends to the throne as King Richard III. His first act as king is to manipulate the murders of the two young princes. He then rids himself of his wife and plans to solidify his claim to the throne by marrying his brother Edward’s daughter. With the murder of the two boy princes confirmed, Richard meditates on the deeds he has performed to secure the throne, but his thoughts are interrupted by news that his most faithful ally, Buckingham, angered at the murders of the two princes and at Richard’s false dealings with him, has fled. To make matters more difficult, he is condemned by his own mother, as well as by the former queens. While Richard considers his future, the exiled Earl of Richmond, Henry Tudor of the House Lancaster, has raised an army and nears the west coast of Britain. Yet, in one final ruthless act, Richard captures his former friend Buckingham and has him beheaded. The final battle is set: former allies have turned against Richard to join forces with Richmond who has landed and marches inland to claim the crown. As the warriors sleep on the eve of the battle, the ghosts of all those whom Richard has slaughtered return to condemn him and to hearten Richmond. Richmond’s forces defeat Richard’s army at the Battle of Bosworth Field wherein Richard utters the famous cry: “A horse, a horse! my kingdom for a horse!” (5.4.7) as his mount is slain during the battle. Henry Tudor finally slays Richard, exclaiming “the bloody dog is dead” (5.5.2). Accepting the crown as Henry VII, he promises to marry Elizabeth of York, thus uniting the white rose (the Yorkists) and the red rose (the Lancastrians) and commencing the Tudor reign.

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