RICHARD III
by William Shakespeare
Ian McKellen in the role of
King Richard
SWET Award for Best Actor of the Year
Directed by Richard Eyre
Beginning
25 June 1990 - 1 September 1990
at the National's Lyttelton Theatre
World Tour:
Tokyo
Globe Theatre, 13-23 September
Nottingham
Theatre Royal, 1-6 October
Cardiff
New Theatre, 8-13 October
Leeds
Grand Theatre, 15-20 October
Belfast
Grand Opera House, 22-27 October
Hamburg
Deutsches Schauspielhaus, 31 October - 4 November
Milano
Teatro Lirico, 7-11 November
Paris
Odeon Theatre, 21 November - 1 December
Cork
Opera House, 4-8 December
Cairo
Opera House, 12-16 December
Richard III was revived with substantial cast changes at the Lyttelton in January 1991, followed by
a world tour:
1991 World Tour
in repertory with King Lear
London
Lyttelton Theatre, 5 January - 2 February 1991
Prague
National Theatre, 7-10 February
Bucharest
National Theatre, 15-17 February
Leipzig and Dresden
25 February - 1 March
Edinburgh
King's Theatre, 5-9 March
Then King Lear closed and Richard III was revived again with
cast changes at the Lyttelton in April 1991,
followed by a UK tour:
1991 UK Tour
5 April - 18 September in the NT repertoire at Lyttelton
Theatre, London
Aberdeen
Her Majesty's Theatre, 30 September - 5 October
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Theatre Royal, 7-12 October
Bradford
Alhambra Theatre, 14-19 October
Plymouth
Theatre Royal, 21-26 October
Oxford
Apollo Theatre, 29 October - 2 November
Richard III was revived again in
1992 and toured the US.