Productions of Richard III:

1892. Edmund Tearle produced the Colley Cibber adaptation of Richard III at the Olympic Theatre (London); the production ran for eleven performances, from April 25 to May 6. Tearle took the part of Richard, Duke of Gloster; Frederick Scarth played Buckingham, Marie Glynne the Duchess of York, Theresa Osborne Lady Anne, and Kate Clinton Elizabeth (Wearing, I, 212).

1896. Richard III, performed by Henry Irving's company, ran for 35 performances at the Lyceum Theatre (London). It opened in December, 1896, and closed in April, 1897. Irving played the part of Richard, H. Cooper Cliffe the Duke of Clarence, F. H. Macklin Buckingham, Maud Milton Elizabeth, Mary Rorke Duchess of York, and Julia Arthur the part of lady Anne (Wearing, I, 620).

1901. April 15 marked the opening of Frank Benson's festival season at Stratford-upon-Avon. The company presented for the first time at Stratford a cycle of the history plays: King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI, Part 2, and Richard III. The company presented five other plays as well, including Much Ado About Nothing (Loney, I, 8).

1904. On December 5 at the Princess Theatre, New York City, Robert B. Mantell opened a two-week run of plays in repertory. He played Othello and Richard III. Marie Booth Russell performed with him (Loney, I, 24).

1909. The London Shakespeare Festival presented by Herbert Beerbohm Tree's ensemble, began June 21 at His Majesty's Theatre, London. The festival ran for two weeks with The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth (Loney, I.50).

1910. On May 28 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, John Martin Harvey presented his Richard III; the production originally opened in Dublin at the Theatre Royale before Harvey brought the play to London.

1910. The Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Festival opened on April 22 this year. The Festival began with Tree's Hamlet; Benson's company then performed The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Richard III with Genevieve Ward and The Merchant of Venice with Ellen Terry. The season was cut short and ended when Edward VII died on May 6 (Loney, I, 54).

1911. On April 17 the annual Stratford Shakespeare Festival opened with The Merry Wives of Windsor. This year Frank Benson also offered The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Rich ard III (Loney, I, 158).

1911. The London Shakespeare Festival opened on May 22 at His Majesty's Theatre with Herbert Beerbohm Tree's Julius Caesar, followed by Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton's As You Like It. Next came The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night. Frank Benson presented The Taming of the Shrew, Tree revived his Henry VIII, and the Festival closed with Benson's Richard III and on July 3, the final night, the Merry Wives of Windsor (Loney, I, 158).

1912. The annual Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Festival opened this year on April 22 with The Merchant of Venice; Frank Benson's company also performed Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, and Richard III (Loney, I, 63).