William Shakespeare
THREE TRAGEDIES
(3-DVD Box Set)

HAMLET

Horatio - Hiran Abeysekera
Osric / Sailor - Romayne Andrews
Player Queen - Doreene Blackstock
Voltemand - Eke Chukwu
Rosencrantz - James Cooney
Guildenstern - Bethan Cullinane
Player / Cornelia - Marième Diouf
Hamlet - Paapa Essiedu
Barnardo / Player King / Captain / Priest - Kevin N. Golding
Laertes - Marcus Griffiths
Professor of Wittenberg/English Ambassador - Byron Mondahl
Gertrude - Tanya Moodie
Polonius - Cyril Nri
Marcellus / Lucianus / Fortinbras - Theo Ogundipe
Ophelia - Natalie Simpson
Claudius - Clarence Smith
Ghost / Gravedigger - Ewart James Walters
Francisca / Player / Gravedigger’s Assistant - Temi Wilkey

Simon Godwin, stage director
Paul Wills, set designer
Paul Anderson, lighting designer
Music composed by Sola Akingbola

Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 2016

Bonus:
- Playing Hamlet
- Director’s Commentary
- Cast Gallery

KING LEAR

Servant/Messenger - Romayne Andrews
Earl of Kent - Antony Byrne
Lear’s Gentlemen - Eke Chukwu
Duke of Cornwall - James Clyde
Servant - James Cooney
Messengers - Bethan Cullinane and Marième Diouf
Edmund - Paapa Essiedu
Servant/Messenger - Jenny Fennessy
Curan/Doctor - Kevin N. Golding
King of France/Captain - Marcus Griffiths
Goneril - Nia Gwynne
Edgar - Oliver Johnstone
Oswald - Byron Mondahl
Duke of Burgundy/Herald - Theo Ogundipe
King Lear - Antony Sher
Cordelia - Natalie Simpson
Duke of Albany - Clarence Smith
Earl of Gloucester - David Troughton
Fool - Graham Turner
Old Man - Ewart James Walters
Regan - Kelly Williams

Gregory Doran, stage director
Niki Turner, set and costume designer
Tim Mitchell, lighting designer
Music composed by Ilona Sekacz

Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2016

Bonus:
- Interview with Antony Sher
- Dressed for the stage: Creating costumes for King Lear
- Director’s Commentary
- Cast gallery

OTHELLO

Montano - David Ajao
Duke of Venice - Nadia Albina
Bianca - Scarlett Brookes
Roderigo - James Corrigan
Emilia - Ayesha Dharker
Citizen of Venice - Eva Feiler
Gentleman of Cyprus - Owen Findlay
Cassio - Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Soldier - Guy Hughes
Gratiano - Gwilym Lloyd
Citizen of Venice/Messenger - Rina Mahoney
Iago - Lucian Msamati
Gentleman of Cyprus - Ken Nwosu
Brabantio - Brian Protheroe
Othello - Hugh Quarshie
Gentleman of Cyprus/Herald - Jay Saighal
Lodovico - Tim Samuels
Desdemona - Joanna Vanderham

Iqbal Khan, stage director
Ciaran Bagnall, set and lighting designer
Fotini Dimou, costume designer
Diane Alison-Mitchell (movement) and Kevin McCurdy (fights), choreographers
Music composed by Akintayo Akinbode

Recorded live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 2015

Bonus:
- The Story of Othello
- Who Is Othello?
- Director’s Commentary
- Cast gallery

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English
Running time: 9 hrs 1 mins (opera) + 29 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 3 (DVD 9)