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Third
Party - website of the Hastings based theatre group.
Cumbria
Institute of the Arts - home of Stanwix Arts Theatre.
Ullswater
community College
Appleby
chamber of trade website
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The
opening two lines of Richard III are some of the best
known of al Shakespear's work -
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York
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PERFORMANCES
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Richard
III can be seen at:
Stanwix Arts Theatre, on Sunday 9 November.
Ullswater
College, Penrith on Friday 14 November.
The Market Hall, Appleby on Saturday 15 November. |
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Third
Party specialise in authentic Shakespeare, recreating the spirit
of the 16th and 17th Century travelling players who first took the
Bard 'on the road' to entertain unsuspecting provincials.
In
1598 a group of Shakespeare's players took a performance of Richard
III on a tour of the 'Cinque Ports' (Hastings, Sandwich, Dover,
New Romney and Hythe).
As
a touring company today, Third Party echo their enterprise and give
us a great unstoppable story, full of vitality and dynamic dash
- this is no historical re-enactment, but a theatrical event with
all the fresh flavour of the original.
Richard
III is perhaps the most popular of Shakespeare's 'history plays',
with Richard as the towering central character that audiences love
to hate - Dick the crook-back chancer, a believable villain who
sees the glimmer of an opportunity for power and pursues it for
all he's worth, all the way to Hell on a handcart.
 There
is enough dynamism, intelligence and unbridled glee on stage
to ensure any audience a night of deliciously dangerous, testing
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Third
Party founder member (and ex- Medieval Player) Nick Collett plays
Richard to perfection - close-cropped head, an oversized overcoat
to accommodate his hump, and sinister black leather gloves that
never come off.
Press
acclaim for Third Party's shows is ecstatic:
"Irresistible Shakespeare ... intimate highly portable stagecraft
... the company's professionalism, sense of teamwork and respect
for the text were all outstanding." PLAYS & PLAYERS.
Richard
III can be seen at: Stanwix Arts Theatre, on Sunday 9 November,
Ullswater College, Penrith on Friday 14 November or The Market Hall,
Appleby on Saturday 15 November.
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