Sua Incelença Ricardo III (His Excellency Richard III) (Villela, 2010)

Sua Incelença Ricardo III (His Excellency Richard III)

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.  Working from a collaborative perspective, the group views itself as a research theater troupe that focuses on building the actor’s stage presence, musicality and body from the scene. Clown techniques are very much present in the group’s aesthetic, from the applying of traditional white face make-up to the wearing of the red nose and a clown half face mask, to the adopting of the clown’s lyricism and subversive logic. Clowns de Shakespeare creates a Brazilian “nordestina” re-reading of Shakespeare’s Richard III, with references to the Brazilian northeast region and British rock.

Cast & Crew

Director: Gabriel Villela

Cast: Camille Carvalho, Dudu Galvão, César Ferrario, Joel Monteiro, Marco França, Paula Queiroz, Renata Kaiser and Titina Medeiros

Assistant Director: Ivan Andrade and Fernando Yamamoto

Original Text: William Shakespeare

Dramaturgical Adaptation: Fernando Yamamoto

Dramaturgical Consulting: Marcos Barbosa

Costume Designer: Gabriel Villela

Set Decoration: Ronaldo Costa

Costume and Wardrobe Department: Giovana Villela

Prop Design: Shicó do Mamulengo

Seamstress: Maria Sales

Music Directors: Marco França, Ernani Maletta and Babaya

Vocal Arrangements: Ernani Maletta and Marco França

Instrumental Arrangements: Marco França

Vocal Preparation: Babaya

Vocal Director for Text and Song: Babaya

Original Instrumental Music: Marco França

Musical Research: Gabriel Villela and the group

Movement Director: Kika Freire

Lighting: Ronaldo Costa

Sound Technician: Diano Carvalho

Stage Manager: Anderson Lira

Production Coordination: Fernando Yamamoto

Production Assistant: Renata Kaiser

Executive Producer: Rafael Telles

Press Office: Verbo Comunicação and Eventos

Photography: Pablo Pinheiro

Graphic Design: Caio Vitoriano

Secretariat: Arlindo Bezerra

Reviews

http://www.clowns.com.br/event/ricardo-iii-nas-olimpiadas/ (in Portuguese; Translated)

Additional Information

Production details from the company website (in Portuguese)

Articles

CAMATI, A. S.; LEÃO, L. C. Um Shakespeare brasileiro: a música de cena de Sua Incelença, Ricardo III. Revista Cerrados, Brasília, v. 22, n. 35, 2013, p. 217-230. <https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cerrados/article/view/14142/12464>

CAMATI, A. S. ; LEÃO, L. C. Review of Sua Incelença, Ricardo III (directed by Gabriel Villela for Clowns de Shakespeare) at Largo da Ordem, Curitiba PR, Brazil, 29 March 2011. Shakespeare: Journal of the British Shakespeare Association. Special Issue: “Global Shakespeare” 2013, v. 9, n. 1, p. 339-341. Disponível em: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450918.2013.816353

CAMATI, A. S.; LEÃO, L. C. Spatial Negotiations in the Brazilian Street Production Sua Incelença, Ricardo III, by Clowns de Shakespeare. The Shakespearean International Yearbook. Shakespeare on Site. Edited by Tom Bishop and Alexa Huang. Guest Editor: Susan Bennett. London and New York: Routledge,  v. 16, p. 97-108, 2016.

CAMATI, A. S. Brazilian Outdoor Shakespeares: Street Theatre as Public Art. Lapis Lazuli: An International Literary Journal. Commemorating 400 years of Shakespeare, v. 6, n. 1-2, p. 26-33, Spring /Autumn, 2016. <http://pintersociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Camati-Anna-Stegh-4.pdf>

CAMATI, A. S.; LEÃO, L. C. Sua Incelença, Ricardo III: Shakespeare em diálogo com o imaginário cultural nordestino. Scripta Uniandrade, v. 16, n. 3, p. 230-251, 2018.

Production notes provided by Liana Leao and Anna Stegh Camati.