Richard III (Li cha san shi), directed by WANG Xiaoying, The National Theatre of China (Beijing) | Premiered at the London Globe during the 2012 Globe to Globe Festival Read More
Rebellion arises from an otherwise peaceful world. Characters wander eternally in this war-torn world, telling their stories like specters. Peace comes after a long Civil War. Richard of Gloucester, a crippled and deformed man, observes how his brothers enjoy the power. He decides to follow a peculiar path to seize power. His excessive ambition leads him to the throne of England. RIII, adapted from Shakespeare’s history play, is a theatrical production with a minimalist stage set. The empty space on stage is filled gradually by nine characters who tell their own various stories. Read More
Richard III Synopsis: The play shows the rise to power of Richard, who becomes king by getting rid of his opponents. Once in power he suspects everyone of betrayal and kills people around him, even his allies. He installs bloody tyranny in the country which ends up collapsing. Director: Avtandil Varsimashvili Read More
An adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III set in an unnamed Gulf state. The production, part of Sulayman Al-Bassam’s Shakespeare trilogy, is performed in Arabic and set in the modern Middle East. See also The Al-Hamlet Summit and The Speakers’s Progress. Read More
Two Roses for Richard III is Brazilian theatre company Companhia BufoMecânica’s visual interpretation of Richard III, commissioned for the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival. The production blended theatre with acrobatics, multimedia displays and circus. Read More
Clowns de Shakespeare, a theatre company founded in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, in 1993, combines elements of circus, of street theatre and of shakespearean dramaturgy, with a marked regional-cultural accent. Read More
Li cha san shi
Peng, LiqRichard III
Perng, Ching-hsiPart of the Shashibiya Mingju Donghua (Animated Shakespeare) series.
Richard III
Ninagawa, YukioTranslator Mikami Isao
Translator Odashima Yushi
This is a modern interpretation of Richard III, and adapts the text to a contemporary corporate context. The performance is more avant garde in style and has multiple actors playing one character. Read More
