Summer Education Program

FEARLESS SHAKESPEARE INTENSIVE

About the Program

The Fearless Shakespeare intensive is a four-week program designed to demystify Shakespeare for young actors. Under the direction of award-winning actor and Yale Drama MFA graduate Joseph Fuqua, students are immersed in the language and culture of “The Bard” while rehearsing and performing one of his masterpieces. During this four-week journey, students develop a new appreciation for literature, learning about script analysis, scansion and verse, and vocal production. 

About the Show

What lengths will one man go to be king? Based on the last of the historical Plantagenet Kings, Shakespeare’s Richard III brings to life one of the most infamous monarchs in England’s history in a twisting tale of villainy and intrigue for the ages. Charismatic, cunning and utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, twists the truth to achieve his ambitious ends. He is the very embodiment of lethal ambition as he maneuvers and murders his way to the throne of England. This play is an important and timely exploration of language as an instrument for achieving political power.   

Characters

• King Edward the Fourth
• Edward, Prince of Wales, [afterwards King Edward V], son to the King
• Richard, Duke of York, brother to the King
• George, Duke of Clarence, Brother to the King 
• Richard, Duke of Gloucester, [afterwards King Richard III], brother to the King
• Young Clarence
• Henry, Earl of Richmond, [afterwards King Henry VII]
• Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York
• John Morton, Archbishop of Ely
• Duke of Buckingham
• Duke of Norfolk
• Earl of Surrey, his son
• Earl Rivers, brother to Elizabeth
• Marquis of Dorset and Lord Grey, sons to Elizabeth
• Earl of Oxford
• Lord Hastings
• Lord Stanley, called also Earl of Derby
• Lord Lovel
• Sir Thomas Vaughan
• Sir Richard Ratcliff
• Sir William Catesby
• Sir James Tyrrel
• Sir James Blount
• Sir Walter Herbert
• Sir Robert Brakenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower
• Christopher Urswick, a priest
• Second Priest
• Tressel and Berkeley, gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne
• Lord Mayor of London. Sheriff of Wiltshire
• Elizabeth, Queen to King Edward IV
• Margaret, widow of King Henry VI
• Duchess of York, mother to King Edward IV
• Lady Anne, widow of Edward Prince of Wales (son to King Henry VI) [afterwards married to Richard]
• Young Daughter of Clarence
• Ghosts, Attendants, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers and Soldiers.