2023-09-04 On Aug 20, 2023 Shakespeare in the Ruff invited Society member Sheilah O’Connor to be interviewed before their play, Richard Three, started. Before a small but appreciative audience, she was asked about the Society, why Shakespeare portrayed Richard as he did, and whether she can still enjoy watching Shakespeare’s play. We are grateful for the […]
2023-07-27 Shakespeare in the Ruff is a Toronto based professional theatre company that “breathes life and magic into Shakespeare’s works for Toronto’s diverse and contemporary audience” in Withrow Park at the end of each summer. This year they take on Richard III in a new play called Richard Three. Society members have participated in their bookclub […]
2023-05-14 For two weeks in early May, the City Cinema in Charlottetown, PEI showed the movie The Lost King. This was a result of member Christine Hurlbut approaching the movie theatre and suggesting it as an excellent tie-in with the Coronation. But Chris didn’t stop there. She and fellow Ricardian Clement Carelse came to the theatre […]
2023-03-03 Philippa Langley’s story made history. And now it is a major motion picture. We’ve been waiting since it premiered at TIFF in September, and at last, it is opening in theatres across Canada on March 24th. Starring Sally Hawkins as Philippa, Steve Coogan as her supportive ex-husband and Harry Lloyd as King Richard III. The […]
2022-04-25 On Thursday July 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Sheilah O’Connor from the Canadian Branch will speak on the real Richard III, accompanied by Susan Troxell, acting Chair of the American Branch who will discuss the Looking for Richard team’s discovery of the remains of Richard in August 2012. Randall Martin will talk about the play. […]
