Tuesday 16th September 2003
My kingdom for a horse | |
|  | | Richard III |
| | To hell on a handcart with Richard III at the Courtyard Arts Complex in Hereford. |
| | | "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse." is surely one of Shakespeare's best known lines.
Richard III didn't get the horse of course, and so he lost the Kingdom, and his reputation, as the Tudor propagandists portrayed him as a child-murdering villain.
Richard the hunchback has been much parodied of course, but the role is one of the most challenging ever written by the bard.
Companies staging this epic play also face a challenge in avoiding cliché and finding new ways to tell this story of a struggle for power.
Third Party Productions are bringing their fast-paced production of Richard III to The Courtyard in Hereford.
The company’s eleventh national tour since 1994, Richard III has been acclaimed for its dynamism, intelligence and imagination.
"Third Party has a well-established national reputation for innovative treatment of classic texts.
"Richard III is no exception; audiences can look forward to an action-packed and accessible version of a much-loved piece of theatre."
said Cathy Green, The Courtyard’s marketing manager. | | | |
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