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Richard II   (2000)
Celebrating the close links between the Duchy of Lancaster & the Crown over 600 years

Actors: Hanneke Blower, Ian Blower, Nicolas Camm, Howard Chadwick, Sue McCormick, Christopher Lucas, James Morley, Ted Richards, Stephen Tomlin. Musician: Ian Wilson
Richard II
Measure For Measure   (2001)
Commemorating Lancaster Castle's 900 year old prison - the last castle in use as such

Actors: Hanneke Blower, Ian Blower, Nicholas Camm, Howard Chadwick, Orla Cottingham, Marc Goodall, Christopher Lucas, James Morley, Ted Richards, Erica Rogers. Musicians: Elizabeth Dodd & Philip Gruar
Measure For Measure
Macbeth   (2002)
Marking the link between Shakespeare, James I, & the Lancashire Witch trials of 1612

Actors: Geoffrey Banks, Nicolas Camm, Howard Chadwick, Hugo Chandor, Ann-Marie Francis, Marc Goodall, Martine Harry-Davis, Helen Kay, Christopher Lucas, Peter Rhys-Duggan, Simeon Truby. Musician: Ian Wilson
Macbeth
All's Well That Ends Well   (2004)
Spirited revival of a long neglected bitter-sweet comedy of sexual intrigue

Actors: Tim Barker, Christine Bissell, Victoria Brazier, Howard Chadwick, Hugo Chandor, C. P. Hallam, Chris Hannon, Patrick Kane, Amy Rhiannon-Worth, Ted Richards, Sarah Thurstan, Dan Willis
All's Well
Richard III   (2006)
Final play in ‘The Wars of the Roses’ series realised as a coup de théatre.

Actors: Audrey Brady, Patrick Bridgman, Howard Chadwick, Marc Finn, C.P. Hallam, Dinah Handley, Chris Hollinshead, Helen Longworth, Christine Mackie, Simon Norbury, Rob Parry, Richard Sails, Paul Slater, Dan Willis
Richard III
Hamlet   (2008)
Outstanding ensemble production of the world's greatest tragedy.

Actors: Patrick Bridgman, Gareth Cassidy, Eric Coudrill, Claire Disley, David Frederickson, Robert Garrett, Paul Hassall, Simon Kirk, Thomas K Lappin, Sarah Thurstan, Damien Warren-Smith, Amy Rhiannon Worth
Hamlet
Young Performers (2002 - 2006)

The following members of Lancaster Youth Theatre ‘Drama Factory’ Joe Daunt, Jordan Egglestone, Jeet Mukerji, Corey Twyman appeared in Macbeth.
Joshua Bancroft, Jordan Egglestone, Callum Etches, Christopher Jotischky-Hull appeared in Richard III.
R3 Princes
Creative Team (2000 - 2008)

Set & Dressing Clare-Louis Hall, Paul Kondras
Costume & Wardrobe Moya Buck, Fi Carrington, Susan Wright, Ruth Caswell
Lighting Mark Alexander, Emma Armstrong, Martin Buck, Ian Daly
Musical Direction & Arrangement Jude Glendinning, Jane Vicary
Stage Management & Properties Emma Armstrong, Elaine Diffenthal, Peter Duggan, Viv Emmott, Gail Falkingham, Carol Frances, Cara Pearce, Jan Radford
Publicity Jane Butterworth, Jane Vicary
Photography Arthur & Neil Thomson, George Coupe, Helen Burrow
Sword Fights Renny Krupinski, Graham Kemp
Choreography T C Howard
Maskmaking Kate Howden
Hamlet puppets

Witches Masks
Deck The Hall With Boughs of Holly (2000 - 2009)
Evergreen words & music celebration of Yuletide

Actor/Readers: Rachel Battersby, Jonathan Black, Hanneke Blower, Ian Blower, Victoria Brazier, Nicolas Camm, Hugo Chandor, Eric Coudrill, Robert Garratt, Marc Goodall, Paul Green, Richard Hand, C.P. Hallam, Chris Hannon, Gillie Kerrod, Helen Longworth, Sue McCormick. Simon Norbury, Ted Richards, Peter Rylands, Richard Sails, Stephen Tomlin, Sarah Thurstan, Jane Vicary, Gareth Webb, Amy Rhiannon Worth.
Choirs: Millenium Choir, Cats Chorus, Five In A Bar
Deck The Halls
Blood Red Roses (2002)
The dark history of Lancaster Castle in words & music

The dark history of Lancaster Castle in words & music devised and compiled by Sue McCormick and directed by Ian Blower, with Emma-Louise Higgin, Paul Loughran, Sue McCormick, Ted Richards, Sarah Thurstan, Stephen Tomlin.
Musicians: Elizabeth Dodd & Philip Gruar
Blood Red Roses
Richard III - On Trial For Murder (2007)
Was he guilty or not guilty of murdering his nephews - ‘The Princes in the Tower’? The audience, as jury decides.

Directed by Stephen Tomlin, with David Frederickson, Paul Green, Simon Lacy, Fiona Paul, Paul Slater, & Gareth Webb
Trial of Richard III