RICHARD III
Header:
-Author: William Shakespeare
-Title: Richard III
-Subtitle: Drama
-Theater Company: Arden Producciones
-Director: Chema Cardeña
-Distribution: Juan Carlos Garés, Amparao Vayá, Carol Linuesa, Vicente Pastor, Esther López, Ismael Carretero, Chema Cárdena, Laura Useleti & Alfonso Tadeo.
-Technical Staff: Chema Cardeño, Del Busto & Monterde, Ximo Rojo, Pascual Peris, Gilles Martin, Antonio Martinez, Maria Poquet, Inma Fuentes, Maque Falgás, Cabeza Liquida S.L., Saltimbanquis, Pere Morant, Pila Mohedano, Juan Carlos Garés, Elba Torres, Carlos Galiana, David Campillos & Mer Badía.
-Data and place of the representation: November 2nd, 2005; L’altre Espai
Dramatis Personae:
-Richard: He’s the one who make the betrayals to reach the throne of England.
-Elizabeth: A queen who has lost his husband, and now is alone and without support.
-Buckingham: A soldier who seems to be loyal, but has a hidden intention.
-Ratcliff: The one who committed the murders on the play.
-Lady Anne: She losts his husband, the king Edward, and it’s fooled by Richard to marry him.
-Clarence: The one of the brothers, murdered in the bath by Ratcliff.
-Richmond: The one who defeats Richard III.
-Hastings: The counselor of the queen, and he doesn’t colaborate with Richard.
-Margaret: The queen in disgrace of England, who drops a curse in all characters.
Space:
The play were in a few different places like the court of the queen, the exterior, the chamber of Richmond, and the last battle within England and France. There are some changes of scenario but aren’t different because they haven’t used background or something like that.
Ilumination:
The representation plays with the light and the shadows, showing the characters that are talking and hiding the others in the shadows. Six focus illuminate the scenario. Four of them to show the characters in scene, the five is the one that hides the others in shadows and the six is a central focus who illuminate some things like a chair in few ocasions.
Vestry:
The characters uses historical clothes, like antique dresses or leather clothes. Some of them were elegant like the one of Queen Margaret and Lady Anne.
Atrezzo:
There are nothing in scene the most part of the time, but sometimes appears things like a chair, a candleholder and a bath for important situations.
Ambience of theater:
The public were in silent, listening to all the characters have to say. Sometimes they were surprised by the scenes of the play. At the end, everyone started to applause, and the actors were enjoying our watching.
Personal Opinion:
I enjoy the play because it was interesting. The evolution of the characters and the betrayals and murders within them makes the audience be quiet to listen how the plot develops.