Christopher Carter Sanderson announces that British author, Neil Gaiman, has approved the renaming of the two famous Assassins in the feature film of Shakespeare’s Richard III. “Croup” and “Vandemar” were changed as an homage to Mr. Gaiman’s magical Neverwhere series.
Richard III will be Mr. Sanderson’s third feature film since his award
winning feature films of Macbeth and Hamlet. All shot entirely in close-up and in the 9/16 aspect ratio of TikTok and FaceTime.
The films are based on his long and successful career performing Shakespeare with Gorilla Rep in New York theater, a degree from Yale Drama School, teaching Shakespeare at Princeton and a recent Lifetime Achievement Award from New York Shakespeare.
Filipino film, screen and stage star Joshua Spafford stars in the title role in Richard
III. Casting closes this week with William Daniels in the role of KING Henry
VI.
Richard III’s international cast of 54 includes film and theater veterans Marnye Young,
Ed Banas, Dexter Phillip, Ivan Masterson, Marlena Vega, Peter Welch, Tom Staggs, Bruce
Barton, Alex Gossard, Josh Drimmer, Michael Jennings Mahoney, Aria Odendaal, Kara Vito,
Meredith Kadet Sanderson, Jamie Wilson (John Anthony Martin Esteva Wilson), Mahlivanh T Fleckenstein, Max Herzfeld, Roselyn Perez, Jeremy Domingo, Rodney To, Max Kadet
Sanderson, Lynda Kennedy, Brett Singer, William Daniels, Eric Cheung, Jonathan Reed Wexler, Dandy (the TikTok personality), Tim Cusack, Dan Chen, Mary Frank Swaim, George P. Lombardo, Diane Magnuson, Meaghan Bloom-Fluitt, Katelynn Staggs, Wendy Urban-Mead, Jack Zullo as the newly renamed CROUP, Gary Nohealii Neal as the newly renamed
VANDEMAR, Mark Greenfield, John Peterson, Khalid Rivera, Mtr. Suzanne Guthrie, Rit
Weaver, Josh Silverman, Jacob Knoll, John Clancy, Jy Murphy, Maynard Bagang, James
Jumaway, Michael Laurence, Jeff Raab and Damian Jermaine Thompson.
Gorilla Rep New York founding artistic director and producer since 1992, award winning
Director Christopher Carter Sanderson attended the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale,
taught Shakespeare at Princeton and has staged countless acclaimed productions for Gorilla Rep and around the world, including dozens of high-profile Shakespearean productions. Richard III is his third feature film. Mr. Sanderson is a proud veteran of the US Navy.
Founding Artistic Director and Producing Director of New York’s Gorilla Rep since 1992, award-winning director Christopher Carter Sanderson attended the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, taught Shakespeare at Princeton, and has directed countless acclaimed productions for Gorilla Rep and throughout the world, including dozens of high-quality Shakespearean productions. Richard III is his third feature film. Mr. Sanderson is a proud veteran of the US Navy.
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