Richard III Part II: A play on three time levels: firstly, we meet George Orwell clutching the manuscript of ‘1984’ uncertain to publish it fearing that it may be misunderstood; secondly, we switch to the year 1984 and our introduced to 1985’s monopoly-like game ‘Betrayal’ based on Richard III; lastly, we are in the game itself – in the world of Richard III and his court.
Exploring the question: what does History matter when it is being re-written as it is being lived?
The production opened at the Cottosloe Theatre (now the Dorfman) at the National Theatre, alongside Motocar. The production starred Joseph Marcell, who later said in WhatsonStage: “I do remember with great fondness my time with Paines Plough theatre company. We did David Pownall’s plays Motocar and Richard III Part Two, which we took to the National’s Cottesloe for a month.”
