Bones revealed. Disability dissected.
We find ourselves in the winter of our discontent as a multiversal collision brings two ideologically opposed Richards of Gloucester face to face. Thrust into this once-in-a-life-time cosmological event, the Richards must learn to work together to secure the crown.
Keywords: disability, reimagining, multiverse, science fiction
First produced by Shakespeare in the Ruff, Toronto ON, August 2023
Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy, Adaptation
Acts: 1
Run time: 75 minutes
Content notes: Contains ableist language.
Cast size: 3 actors
Casting notes: The characters of Richard and Other Richard are D/disabled, so the actors themselves must be D/disabled. The gender of the actors is not important even though the characters are male. Everyone Else plays multiple characters and can be played by any gender.
"With Richard Three, Shakespeare in the Ruff continues their tradition of re-imagining Shakespeare in creative and powerful ways."
-- Robyn Grant-Moran, Intermission Magazine
