Actor, playwright and theater director Hamidreza Naeemi is planning an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “Richard III”, a story of jealousy, conspiracy and deceit.
According to the Persian website of Mehr News Agency, the play is to go on stage at Vahdat Hall in Tehran with about 70 actors whose names have not been revealed.
Richard III is a historical play by Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1593. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England.
After a long civil war between the royal families of York and Lancaster, England enjoys a period of peace under King Edward IV. But Edward’s younger brother, Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, resents Edward’s power and the bliss of those around him. He is determined to gain the crown of England from his brother.
