Photo Flash: First Look at Mark Rylance and More Returning to the Apollo Theatre in RICHARD III

Mark Rylance returns to the Apollo Theatre to play the title role in Richard III and Olivia in Twelfth Night from 2 November when Tim Carroll's Shakespeare's Globe productions transfer to the West End.  BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

The full cast for Richard III is Samuel Barnett (Queen Elizabeth), Liam Brennan (Clarence and the Lord Mayor), Paul Chahidi (Hastings and Tyrrell), John Paul Connolly (First Murderer and Ratcliff), Ian Drysdale (Scrivener/Rivers/Blunt), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Brakenbury and Catesby), Johnny Flynn (Lady Anne and Grey), James Garnon (Richmond and Duchess of York), Colin Hurley (King Edward IV and Stanley) and Roger Lloyd Pack (Duke of Buckingham), Mark Rylance (Richard III), Jethro Skinner (Second Murderer and Messenger) and Ben Thompson (Dorset and Bishop of Ely).

Richard III is performed in an all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings circa 1593.

Sonia Friedman Productions in association with Shakespeare Road, 1001 Nights, Bob Bartner & Norman Tulchin and Rupert Gavin present Shakespeare's Globe productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night, Associate Producer Adam Blanshay.

For more information, visit: Apollo Theatre Box Office: 0844 412 4658, www.nimaxtheatres.com, www.shakespearewestend.com

Johnny Flynn and Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

Roger Lloyd Pack

Samuel Barnett