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Richard III
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All the talent and extraordinary strength of Maria Paiato meet Shakespeare's Riccardo III. A project strongly desired by the Venetian actress, which has now come to life thanks to an understanding with the director Andrea Chiodi: a correspondence in the look at the text that sees Paiato in the role of King Richard the usurper, the evil genius, the type of cruel, Machiavellian politician, most often targeted by Elizabethan theatre. His will be an interpretation of the male role that aims to restore a Shakespeare faithful to the original.
“Now the winter of our discontent has become glorious summer under this sun of York”: this is how the Bard’s tragedy, one of the most famous works, opens, divided into five acts, which recounts the rise to the throne and the sudden fall of the wicked Richard, Duke of Gloucester. At the centre of the play is the figure of Richard: in a deformed physique, he embodies an indomitable negative force, and his loyalty to his destiny arouses, despite the cruelty of the character, an undeniable fascination.
Program and cast
Duration 2 hours and 45 minutes including interval
by William Shakespeare
reduction and adaptation Angela Dematté
conduction Andrea Chiodi
with Maria Paiato
and with Riccardo Bocci, Tommaso Cardarelli, Francesca Ciocchetti, Ludovica D’Auria, Giovanna Di Rauso, Giovanni Franzoni, Igor Horvat, Emiliano Masala, Cristiano Moioli, Lorenzo Vio, Carlotta Viscovo
scenes Guido Buganza
costumes Ilaria Ariemme
music Daniele D’Angelo
lights Cesare Agoni
makeup and wig Bruna Calvaresi
directing assistant Francesco Biagetti
costumes assistant Valentina Volpi
production Centro Teatrale Bresciano, Teatro Nazionale di Genova, Teatro Biondo di Palermo, Teatro di Roma - Teatro Nazionale
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