King Richard The Third

Naturally, the story is about King Richard III who ruled England during the years 1452-1485. About the last York family king. The last king of England who perished at the battlefield.

Presented with one interval.
Running Time:

2:45

About the king whose road to the throne was lined by rows of corpses and bloody power intrigues. About the king whose killing axe saw the fall of women and men, brothers and enemies, the guilty throne heirs and the innocent. About the king who was written into a play by William Shakespeare probably in 1591. There would be no point in reviving the life of a king who lived so long time ago if we didn’t see parallels and nodal questions running directly to today’s life. How can a freaky tyrant rise to become a king? What does power do to a man? That is the question.

The story about Richard III reaches the Vanemuine stage for the first time. For the first time in the Estonian theatre history, a Shakespeare play is put on stage by a director coming from Shakespeare’s homeland.