Mark Rylance to Star in Richard III, Twelfth NIght at Shakespeare’s Globe

Two-time Tony Award winner Mark Rylance will play the title role in Richard III and reprise his celebrated performance as Olivia in Twelfth Night as part of the 2012 season at Shakespeare’s Globe. Tim Carroll will direct both productions, which will use all-male casts and have designs by Jenny Tiramani and original music by Claire van Kampen.

Rylance has won Tony Awards for his performances in Boeing-Boeing and Jerusalem, a turn that he is currently reprising at the West End’s Apollo Theatre. In addition, he is widely recognized as one of the world’s most prominent Shakespearean actors, and is the former artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

The company’s season will open with a new production of Henry V, to be directed by Dominic Dromgoole and starring Jamie Parker in the title role, and will also include a new production of The Taming of the Shrew, to be directed by Toby Frow. Complete casting and creative teams will be announced in the near future.

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