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RICHARD III
Script Updates
as of February 6th, 2024
As of January 10th, 2024
Page Date Action Change
p 59 1-10 EDIT SCRIVENER: When words are mistaken, indictments are sealed?
lines CITIZENS: Bloody, bloody England
32-35 Miserable age
Fear is our hangman
Silence our grave.
Bloody, bloody England
Miserable age
Fear is our hangman
Silence our grave.
NOW READS:
SCRIVENER: When words are mistaken, indictments are sealed?
CITIZENS SCRIVENER: Bloody, bloody England
Miserable age
Fear is our hangman
Silence our grave.
CITIZENS: Bloody, bloody England

Miserable age
Fear is our hangman
Silence our grave.
p 59A 1-10 EDIT SCRIVENER: People of England, you must decide.

line 53 Give voice to your conscience, today is your day.
People of London, you hold the sway.
Give voice to your conscience, today is your day.
NOW READS:
SCRIVENER: People of England, you must decide.
A king can’t be safe without you on his side.
People of London, you hold the sway.
Give voice to your conscience, today is your day.
RICHARD III Script Updates

Production Stage Manager- Jessica Forella (she/her), jforella@chicagoshakes.com as of February 6th, 2024
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Page 11 of 23
RICHARD III
Script Updates
p 64 1-10 EDIT BUCKINGHAM: Then I salute you with this royal title:
line 189 Long live king Richard, England’s worthy king!
NOW READS:
BUCKINGHAM: Then I we salute you with this royal title:
Long live king Richard, England’s worthy king!
p 68 1-10 CUT RICHARD: Thou sing’st sweet music. Hark, come hither, Tyrrell.
line 77 Go, by this token. Rise, and lend thine ear.
NOW READS:
RICHARD: Thou sing’st sweet music. Hark, come hither, Tyrrell.
Go, by this token. Rise, and lLend thine ear.
p 49 1-7 EDIT BUCKINGHAM: Good Catesby, go effect this business soundly.

line 80 CATESBY: My good lords both, with all the heed I can.
RICHARD: At Crosby Place, there shall you find us both.
BUCKINGHAM: Now my lord, what shall we do if we perceive
NOW READS:
BUCKINGHAM: Good Catesby, go effect this business soundly.
RICHARD: At Crosby Place, there shall you find us both.
CATESBY: My good lords both, with all the heed I can.
BUCKINGHAM: Now my lord, what shall we do if we perceive
p 27 1-5 EDIT 2 MURDERER : Tut tut, my lord, we will not stand to prate,
line Talkers are no good doers; be assured,
258-260 We go to use our hands, and not our tongues.
NOW READS:
2 MURDERER : Tut tut, my lord, we will not stand to prate,
Talkers are no good doers;
1 MURDERER: be assured, We go to use our hands,
BOTH MURDERERS: and not our tongues.

RICHARD III
Script Updates
p 27 1-5 EDIT BOTH MURDERERS: We will, my noble lord.

line 263 NOW READS:
1 MURDERER : We will,
2 MURDERER : my noble lord.
p 30 1-5 EDIT CLARENCE: Ratcliffe, I pray thee sit by me awhile.

line 60 NOW READS:
CLARENCE: Ratcliffe, I pray thee prithee sit by me awhile.
p 31 1-5 EDIT 2 MURDERER: In the Duke of Gloucester’s purse.

line 95 NOW READS:
BOTH MURDERERS: In the Duke of Gloucester’s purse.
p 33 1-5 EDIT BOTH MURDERERS: To, to, to –

line 130 NOW READS:
1 MURDERER : To, to, to –
p 36 1-5 EDIT 1 MURDERER: Till that the Duke give order for his burial.
line 208 NOW READS:
1 MURDERER: Till that the Duke King give order for his burial.
p 40 1-5 ADD EDWARD: All thin and naked to the numb-cold night
line 74 All this from my remembrance brutish wrath
NOW READS:
EDWARD: All thin and naked to the numb-cold night
And said dear brother live and be a king?
All this from my remembrance brutish wrath
As of January 2nd, 2024
p 101 1-2 EDIT RICHARD: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast,
line 7 NOW READS:
RICHARD: Slave Fool, I have set my life upon a cast,
As of December 31st, 2023

RICHARD III
Script Updates
p 59 12-31 EDIT SCRIVENER: Our boy prince is waiting, his uncle protests;
line 42 NOW READS:
SCRIVENER: Our boy prince is waiting, his uncle Richard protests;
p 59-60 12-31 CUT CITIZENS: Silence is our grave.

line 35 NOW READS (ALL Instances):
CITIZENS: Silence is our grave.
p 60 12-31 ADD SCRIVENER: Pray silence for my Lord Buckingham.

line 67 NOW READS:
SCRIVENER: Pray silence for my Lord of Buckingham.
p 60 12-31 EDIT 1 CITIZEN: God save King Richard!

line 84 NOW READS:
1 CITIZEN: God save King Richard!?
p 64 12-31 ADD RICHARD: Call them again.

line 175 SCRIVENER: Full of danger is the Duke of Gloucester.
NOW READS:
RICHARD: Call them again.
CATESBY: My lord.
SCRIVENER: Full of danger is the Duke of Gloucester.
p 66-67 12-31 EDIT RATCLIFFE: I know a discontented gentleman

line 35-41 Whose humble means match not his haughty spirit.
Gold were as good as twenty orators,
And will no doubt tempt him to anything.
RICHARD: What is his name?
RATCLIFFE: His name, my lord, is Tyrrell.
RICHARD: I partly know the man, go call him hither
NOW READS:
RATCLIFFE: I know a discontented gentleman malcontent
Whose humble means match not his her haughty spirit.
Gold were as good as twenty orators,
And will no doubt tempt him her to anything.
RICHARD: What is his her name?
RATCLIFFE: His Her name, my lord, is Tyrrell.
RICHARD: I partly know the man of her, go call him her hither

RICHARD III
Script Updates
p 68 12-31 EDIT RATCLIFFE: James Tyrrell, and your most obedient subject.
line 66-70 RICHARD: Art thou indeed?
CATESBY: Prove him, my gracious lord.
RICHARD: Dar’st thou resolve to kill a friend of mine?
RATCLIFFE: Please you, but he had rather kill two enemies.
NOW READS:
RATCLIFFE: James Jane Tyrrell, and your most obedient subject.
RICHARD: Art thou indeed?
CATESBY: Prove him her, my gracious lord.
RICHARD: Dar’st thou resolve to kill a friend of mine?
RATCLIFFE: Please you, but he she had rather kill two enemies.
p 68 12-31 EDIT CATESBY: Let him have open means to come to them,
line 75-76 And soon he’ll rid you from the fear of them.
NOW READS:
CATESBY: Let him her have open means to come to them,
And soon he’ll she’ll rid you from the fear of them.
p 69 12-31 EDIT RATCLIFFE: He will dispatch it straight.

line 81 NOW READS:
RATCLIFFE: He She will dispatch it straight.
p 72 12-31 EDIT CATESBY: He did, my lord.

line 6 NOW READS:
CATESBY: He She did, my lord.
p 91 12-31 EDIT STANLEY: So much for that. The silent hours steal on,
line 44 NOW READS:
STANLEY: So mMuch good for that. The silent hours steal on,

R3, CST- Show Tracking.xlsx Enter / Exit Plot
Scene 1 2 3 4
Page Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Role Actor N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N
Clarence R2 — — — — — — — — R4 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R2
Stanley
Orderly (1) Scott Aiello L1 — — R2 R3 — — R2 L1 L1 L2 R2 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — A R2 L2 L2 L3
Citizen
Ghost of Clarence
Ratcliffe R1 — — — — — — R4 R2 — — — — L1
Orderly (2) Debo Balogun A — — L2 L2 R2 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — L2 L2 — — R2 R1 — — — — R2 L2 — — R2 L2 L3 L2
Citizen
2nd Murderer L2 — — A R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — R3
Duke Puppeteer R2 — — R3 R2 — — R2
Scrivener Mark Bedard
Orderly (3) L1 — — R2 R1 — — R1 R2 R2 R2 — — L1 L4 — — — — R2 A — — — — — — A
Ghost of Duke
Catesby R4 R4
Anatasha Blakely
Orderly (4) R4 — — R2 R2 — — L1 L1 R1 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — R2 R1 R2 R4 — — — — — — R3 R1 R1 R2 — — L2 L2 L3 E
Bishop of Ely
Tyrrell
Orderly (8) E.M. Davis R2 — — L2 L2 — — R2 R2 — — — — L4 L4 — — L2 L2 L2 L2 — — — — — — — — L3 L3 — — — — — — L2 L1 R1 R2 L2 L2 — — R1 L2 L3 E
Citizen
Messenger 2
Buckingham R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 L2 — —
Orderly (5) Yao Dogbe L1 — — L2 L3 L2 L2 — — — — — — — — — — — — L2 L1 L1 R2 R2 R1 R1 L2 — — L2
Ghost of Buckingham
Lord Rivers L1 — — R3 R3 L3 L1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 L2 — —
Duchess
Orderly (6) Sean Fortunato A — — L1 L4 — — L2 R3 R2 R2 — — L2
Citizen
Ghost of Rivers
Hastings L1 — — B L2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 L2 — —
Norfolk
Erik Hellman
Orderly (7) R3 — — L1 R2 — — R3 R3 L2 L2 — — L2
Ghost of Hastings
Lady Anne B — — — — — — — — — — — — R2
Orderly (9) L4 — — L2 L2 — — R2 R2 — — — — R4 L2 — — — — — — — — L3 L3 — — — — — — L3 L3 L1 R2 — — R1 R2 — —
Citizen Jaeda LaVonne
Ghost of Lady Anne
Messenger 1
Margaret C — — — — — — — — — — — — D
Orderly (10) E — — R2 R2 — — — — — — — — R1 L4 — — R2 R1 R1 L2 — — L2 L2 L3
Libya Pugh
Citizen
Messenger 4
1st Murderer L2 — — E L2 — — — — — — — — — — — — R3
Prince Puppeteer L1 — — R3 R2 R2 R2 — — R2
Henry VI R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — R4
Orderly (11) Mo Shipley R4 — — L1 R2 — — — — R4 E — — — — — — E R1 R1 A
Citizen
Ghost of Prince
Messenger 3
Richard III Katy Sullivan T — — — — — — — — — — — — L3 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R2 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — L1 L1 L2 L2 R2 R2
King Edward R2 C B — — R3 R2 — — R1 B — — — — — — — — L3 R2 — —
Richmond
Demetrios Troy
Orderly (12) L2 L2 L4 — — — — — — L1 L1 R1 R1 L1 R2 — — R1
Citizen
Elizabeth R2 C B — — R3 R3 L3 R3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 L2 — —
Orderly (13) Jessica Dean Turner R2 R2 R2 — — R2 R1 R1 R3 R2 L2 — — L2
Citizen
Stage Left Wing 1 L1

House Left Light Lock A
House Left Lobby B
House Center Lobby C
House Right Lobby D
House Right Light Lock E
Stage Right Wing 1 R1
Dress Circle Left DCL
Dress Circle Right DCR
Trap T
1
Scene 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Page Number 38 39 40 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 54 55 56 57 Interval 58 59 59A 60 61 62 63 64 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Role Actor X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X
Clarence
Stanley L2 — — — — — — L2 D D — — — R2
Orderly (1) Scott Aiello L3 — — L3 L3 — — — — R3 L1 — — L3 L3 — — L2 L2 —
Citizen L2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 L2 L2 L3
Ghost of Clarence
Ratcliffe R2 L2 R3 — — — — B L2 — — — — L3
Orderly (2) Debo Balogun — — — — L3 L3 — — L3 L3 — — — — — — — — — — R2 L2 — — — — — — L2
Citizen L3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 R3
2nd Murderer
Duke Puppeteer L3 — — R2 C — — — — R3
Scrivener Mark Bedard R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Orderly (3) D — — L1 L3 — — — — — — — — — — R2 R2 R1 — — — — — L3 L3 — — — — R1
Ghost of Duke
Catesby R2 R2 B — — — — — — R1 R2 R2 R2 — — — — — — L2 L1 R1 R1 R2 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 R2 R2 — — — — D L2 — — — — L3
Anatasha Blakely
Orderly (4) — — — — — — — — R2 R2 R2 R2 R
Bishop of Ely R2 — — R2 C — — — — R1 L2 — — — — — — L2 B B
Tyrrell T — — R3
Orderly (8) E.M. Davis — — — — R2 R2 R2 R2 R2 R2 — — L2
Citizen L3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 D
Messenger 2
Buckingham — — — — L2 L2 — — R3 L1 — — — — — — — — L1 L2 — — L2 L2 — — L2 L2 — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 L3 L3 — — D D — — —
Orderly (5) Yao Dogbe L2 — — L2
Ghost of Buckingham
Lord Rivers — — — — L2 R2 R3
Duchess D — — R2 R2 — — — — D
Orderly (6) Sean Fortunato R2 — — — — — — R2 R3 — — — — — — — — — — R2
Citizen R3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 R3
Ghost of Rivers
Hastings — — — — L3 L3 L3 L2 — — R2 R2 R2 C — — — — R1 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — R2
Norfolk R4 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R4
Erik Hellman
Orderly (7) R2 R2 R2 R2 R3 — — — — — — L2
Ghost of Hastings
Lady Anne L3 — — — — L3
Orderly (9) — — — — R2 R2 — — L3 L3 L1 L1 — — — — — — — — L3 L3 — — — — — — — — — — L2
Citizen Jaeda LaVonne R3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — L3
Ghost of Lady Anne
Messenger 1
Margaret
Orderly (10) L3 — — — — R3 L3 L2 L2 — — — — — — — — L2 L4 — — — — — — — — — — R2
Libya Pugh
Citizen R3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 L4
Messenger 4
1st Murderer
Prince Puppeteer B — — — — R3
Henry VI
Orderly (11) Mo Shipley — — — — R2 R2 R2 L3 R2 R2 R2 R2 — — — — — — — — R2 L2 R3 R3 — — L3 L3 — — — — L2
Citizen R3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 L2
Ghost of Prince
Messenger 3
Richard III Katy Sullivan — — — — — — — — — — R3 R4 — — — — — — — — L1 R2 — — L2 L2 — — L2 L1 L1 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R4 R4 — — — — — — — — — — L3
King Edward — — — — L3 L3 — — L3
Richmond
Demetrios Troy
Orderly (12) L4 — — — — — — — — — — L3 L3 L3 L2 — — — — — — — — L2 R3 — — — — — — — — — — L3
Citizen R3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 R3
Elizabeth — — — — L3 R2 — — — — R2 R2 — — — — R3
Orderly (13) Jessica Dean Turner R2 — — — — — — — — — — R2 — — — — — — — — — — — L3
Citizen R3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R3 R3 —

House Left Lobby B
House Right Lobby D
Trap T
2
Scene 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Page Number 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 77A 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 91A 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 Bows
Role Actor N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X N X
Clarence
Stanley L2 — — — — D D — — L2 D D D — — — — R2 B — — — — R
Orderly (1) Scott Aiello R2 — — R2 R2 L2 R2 — — — — — — R2 L2 — — L3
Citizen
Ghost of Clarence L2 — — L2
Ratcliffe L2 R2 DCL DCL B — — — — — — B C R1 R1 L2 L2 R2 R2 R2 L2 L3 L2 — — R1 L2 — — — — — — R
Orderly (2) Debo Balogun R2 — — — — — — L2 R2 L2 L2 L2
Citizen
2nd Murderer
Duke Puppeteer R1 R2
Scrivener Mark Bedard
Orderly (3) R2 — — — — — — R2 L3 — — — — — — L4 L3 — — — — — — R2 R2 L2 L2 — — — — — — L2 L2 — — — — — — R
Ghost of Duke R2 — — L2
Catesby L3 L2 L2 — — D D L2 L2 — — L2 L2 — — D C — — — — R1
Anatasha Blakely
Orderly (4) L2 — — — — — — R2 L2 L2 L2 R2 R2 R2 R2 — — — — — — R
Bishop of Ely
Tyrrell R3 T
Orderly (8) E.M. Davis L2 — — — — — — L2 L2 — — — — — R2 — — — — — — R2 L3 — — — — — — — — R2 R2 — — — — — — R
Citizen
Messenger 2 — — — R2
Buckingham — C R3 — — L4
Orderly (5) Yao Dogbe L1 — — L1 L2 — — — — — — R2 L3 — — — — — — — — L2 L2 — — — — — — R
Ghost of Buckingham L2 — — — — L2
Lord Rivers
Duchess L2 — — — — — — — — C
Orderly (6) Sean Fortunato R2 L2 R3 — — — — — — L4 L2 — — — — L2 L2 L3 L3 — — — — — — L2 L2 — — — — — — R
Citizen
Ghost of Rivers R2 — — L2
Hastings
Norfolk R2 — — B L2 — — — — L2 E D
Erik Hellman
Orderly (7) L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 — — — — — — L2 L2 — — — — — — — — L2 R2 R2 L2 — — — — — — R
Ghost of Hastings R2 — — L2
Lady Anne
Orderly (9) L2 R2 R2 — — — — — — R2 L2 — — — — — L2 — — — — R2 R2 — — — — — — R2 R2 — — — — — — R
Citizen Jaeda LaVonne
Ghost of Lady Anne L2 — — L2
Messenger 1 — — — L2
Margaret R2 — — — — D
Orderly (10) L3 — — — — — L2 — — — — R2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L4 — — — — — — — — R2 R2 — — — — — — R
Libya Pugh
Citizen
Messenger 4 — — — L2
1st Murderer
Prince Puppeteer L1 R2
Henry VI
Orderly (11) Mo Shipley R2 — — — — — — L2 L2 — — — — — R2 — — — — R2 L3 — — — — — — L1 L2 — — — — — — R
Citizen
Ghost of Prince R2 — — L2
Messenger 3 — — — R2
Richard III Katy Sullivan L2 — — L2 R2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — L2 L1 — — R2 R2 — — — — — — L3 L2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R
King Edward
Richmond L4 — — — — — — L4 R2 C R2 — — — — — — — — — — R3 R2 — — — — — — — — L1 L2 — -— — — R
Demetrios Troy
Orderly (12) L3 — — R2 R2 — — — — — — R2
Citizen
Elizabeth L2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — D B — — D
Orderly (13) Jessica Dean Turner R2 R2 R3 — — — — — — — — R2 R2 — — — — — — R
Citizen

House Left Lobby B
House Right Lobby D
Trap T

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RICHARD III

As of January 10th, 2024

Page Date Action Change

CITIZENS: Bloody, bloody England

p 59A 1-10 EDIT SCRIVENER: People of England, you must decide.

RICHARD III Script Updates

As of January 7th, 2024

Page Date Action Change

p 49 1-7 EDIT BUCKINGHAM: Good Catesby, go effect this business soundly.

As of January 5th, 2024

Page Date Action Change

RICHARD III Script Updates

p 27 1-5 EDIT BOTH MURDERERS: We will, my noble lord.

p 30 1-5 EDIT CLARENCE: Ratcliffe, I pray thee sit by me awhile.

p 31 1-5 EDIT 2 MURDERER: In the Duke of Gloucester’s purse.

p 33 1-5 EDIT BOTH MURDERERS: To, to, to –

As of January 2nd, 2024

Page Date Action Change

As of December 31st, 2023

Page Date Action Change

RICHARD III Script Updates

p 59-60 12-31 CUT CITIZENS: Silence is our grave.

p 60 12-31 ADD SCRIVENER: Pray silence for my Lord Buckingham.

p 60 12-31 EDIT 1 CITIZEN: God save King Richard!

p 64 12-31 ADD RICHARD: Call them again.

p 66-67 12-31 EDIT RATCLIFFE: I know a discontented gentleman

RICHARD III Script Updates

p 69 12-31 EDIT RATCLIFFE: He will dispatch it straight.

p 72 12-31 EDIT CATESBY: He did, my lord.

RICHARD III Script Updates

Stage Left Wing 1 L1

Stage Left Wing 1 L1

Stage Left Wing 1 L1

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