RICHARD III (Shake-Scene Shakespeare Theatre Company)*****

 

By Megan

Link: https://www.patreon.com/shakesceneshakespeare (Shake-Scene recorded another Richard III in 2020. This is the one is from October 2021.)

Available until: Unknown

If you don’t know the normal British way of naming the Kings (which you might not if you don’t live in the UK), you might think Richard III is the third in a trilogy with Richard II being the second and Richard I… well maybe that got lost like Cardenio.

If you do know that Richard III is the third English King called Richard, you might think that Richard III is a standalone history play like King John.

RICHARD III (Guildford School of Acting)*****

 

By Tommy

Link: https://gsauk.org/whats/richard-iii 

Available until: One more livestreamed performance on Thursday 8^th April at 7.30pm.

Age rating: 15+

Richard III is the fifth play to be streamed by Guildford School of Acting which has been watched and reviewed by Mobile Theatre and it is an absolute privilege to watch these incredible young performers, still students but already giving performances at the very highest level.

RICHARD III (International Actors Ensemble/Circle in the Sand/Alex Theatre)*****

 

By Cal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj1ge02w53o

Available until: Unknown

There’s just one problem with this production of Richard III.

I don’t know how any other production is ever going to live up to it.

THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III (Red Bull Theater)****

 

By Cal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1dwrpaacSg&feature=youtu.be

Available until: Friday 15^th January 7pm EST (Saturday 16^th January 1am in the UK)

Content warning: Contains themes of racism, the use of racial slurs – the N-word.

Red Bull Theater’s productions premiere in the middle of the night for UK viewers and they’re only available for a few days, but they really are worth a watch. They find so many interesting plays which I’ve never heard of and they always have something really relevant to say. The African Company Presents Richard III is set in 1821 and was premiered in 1988 (though this production is of the significant 1992 rewrite, in which a major character was removed from the play). In many ways, attitudes have moved on and it’s a good thing, but other things haven’t changed, at least not as much as we’d have liked them to and one way of showing that is to put it into a work of fiction and let us see it for ourselves. The play might be fiction, but there’s a lot of truth in fiction if you’re prepared to look for it. Far too much of this play rings true.

RICHARD III (Shakespeare Happy Hours)*****

 

By Alan

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHFFPTmZkP8

Available till: indefinitely

Once upon a time there was a man called Richard who really wanted to be king. Richard would do anything in order to bring him closer to the crown, whether that meant picking up wives at funerals or killing anyone who happened to be in his way. When his brother, King Edward IV, fell ill to natural causes, Richard’s dream finally seemed to be within his grasp. But it is very difficult to cause so much suffering without making enemies and Richard needs to watch out…

I really liked this performance of Richard III. Colin Hurley plays Richard as a gentle man in public and his opening speech is quite chatty. But he smiles like a politician and that puts me right off. He’s really a vicious man and some people can see it but some people can’t.