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Richard III

Muritai School Yard Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt

For Bard in the Yard 2025 Michaeljohn Butcher directed Richard III. Cast Richard the Third (Duke of Gloucester) Colton Stuart Duke of Buckingham Allan Burne Edward the Fourth Philip Rossiter Queen Elizabeth Tilly Potter Lady Anne Lian Butcher Lord Hastings Rhiannon Bertaud-Gander Earl of Richmond Philip Rossiter Prince Edward Timothy Prebble Prince Richard Scout Hunter Sir James Tyrell Philip Rossiter Duke of Clarence Tom Martin Sir Thomas Stanley Tom Martin Lord Rivers Sandra Jean McClean Sir Robert Brakenbury Nicola Tod Sir William Catesby Michaeljohn Butcher Jane Shore Lian Butcher Sir William Brandon Rebecca Brennan Duke of Norfolk Will Clannachan Bishop of Ely David Gledhill Murderers

The Fall of the House of Usher

The end of year production in 2020 was The Fall of the House of Usher. It was adapted for the stage by Michaeljohn Butcher from Edgar Allan Poe's novel and directed by Emanuel E Garcia. Watch on Youtube Edgar Allan Poe’s spine chiller. “She has been put living into the tomb” Edgar Allan Poe was the great macabre story writer of his day, and this playwright Michaeljohn Butcher's adaptation of his masterpiece, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', renders his eerie, powerful, chilling and poetic insights into a compelling theatrical experience. When Jonathan Tiergarten arrives at the decaying house, summoned by his childhood friend Roderick

Othello

Our Bard in the Yard production was Shakespeare's great tragedy of jealousy - Othello. We sneaked in just before the COVID pandemic. The play was directed by Emanuel E Garcia. Watch this production on YouTube Publicity 2020 Love, jealousy, race, revenge and madness -- such are the major themes of Shakespeare';s Othello. And like all of the great tragedies, nothing is quite as black and white as it may seem. How pure was Desdemona? How gullible was Othello? How evil was Iago? Join us for a fast-paced production of a drama that builds towards a passionately explosive conclusion like no other. Watch the YouTube video.