Poster for Tokyo Globe
Brian Cox as King Lear, Ian McKellen as King Richard
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.