Corona Cold Reads: Richard III

These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.   We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for […]

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These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them.

But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. For me, there’s nothing quite so comforting and joyful as Shakespeare. Luckily, I know a lot of people who also love Shakespeare- a few old friends from my alma mater’s Shakespeare Society and a few of my favourite Toronto theatre artists, all of whom just so happen to be talented and generous and responsibly socially isolated enough to want to join a nearly 3-hour 19-person Zoom call for the purposes of livestreaming Shakespeare on YouTube.

Check out Richard III in audio form below (or on iTunes) then tune into our YouTube page on Saturday and Tuesday nights at 7pm EST to catch our live readings.

A huge thank you to the cast of R3:

Richard III (“Gloucester”)- Mo Kamaly

King Edward IV- Nicanor Campos

Troubadour/Queen Elizabeth- Gaby Grice

Troubadour/Rivers/Sheriff- James King

Clarence- Hilary Wartinger

Brakenbury/Richmond- Anne van Leeuwen

Hastings- Shalyn McFaul

Lady Anne- Laura Hubbard

Gentleman/ Third Citizen/Messenger/Lovel- Nicole Falgoust

Boy/York/Another/Third Messenger- Rini Smith

Grey/Second Messenger/ Norfolk- Sam Chappell

Buckingham- Amy Keating

Cardinal/ Scrivener/Tyrrel/Surrey- Scott Garland

Queen Margaret- Susan Bond

Dorset/Vaughan/Blunt- Elizabeth Morriss

Girl/ Prince Edward/Page/Fourth Messenger- Miriam B

Catesby- Elizabeth Ramirez

First Murderer/ Oxford/Second Citizen/Lords- Andrew Hawley

Second Murderer/First Citizen/Christopher- Mark Kreder

Duchess of York/ Ratcliffe/Ghost of Prince Edward- Melissa Wright

Archbishop of York/Priest/Bishop of Ely- Jim Hill

Lord Mayor/Pursuivant/Herbert- Weldon Goree

Stanley, Earl of Derby/Ghost of Henry VI- Christopher Prentice

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