Richard III Silent Film

The Theatre Royal, York, will be screening a silent film version of Richard III in the main auditorium. The film stars celebrated stage and screen actor Frank Benson as a deliciously dastardly Richard in a precious piece of film and theatre history recorded on the stage of Stratford's Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1911. The film will feature musical accompaniment and, in a performance first, will be voiced live by our cast from the stage production to a commissioned 'silent cinema actor script'.

Script, voice-to-screen direction and introduction: Judith Buchanan (University of York)
Tickets: £5, or £3 students and for those who have a ticket to the York Theatre Royal production of Richard III
Event Running Time: 45 mins total, including introduction and a short Q&A after the screening

For further details see York Theatre Royal website:
http://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/shows/Richard_3_silent_filming.php