Richard III

By William Shakespeare

Directed by: Shawn Peart

“I am determined to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures of these days”  - Richard III

King Henry VI is dead – stabbed in the tower by Richard of Gloucester – and the bloody Wars of the Roses are finally at an end.  Edward IV is on the throne, his new Queen Elizabeth at his side and flanked by his younger brothers, reunited in their victory.  The wounds of civil war, however, are slow to heal and will begin to bleed again as one man keeps his eye fixed firmly on the crown…

This classic tale of terror and the pursuit of power launched the career of David Garrick and imprinted Laurence Olivier on our imagination.  As SDS celebrates its 85th year, come and see this imaginative interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays.