Date of Graduation
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
Committee Chair
W. James Brown
Abstract
This thesis, written to fulfill the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting, delves into the mind of an actor obsessed by fictional villainy and consumed by the desire to play the title role of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Richard III. It charts the machinations employed to gain the part, as well as the pop-cultural influences and rehearsal process from which the ultimate performance of the role was forged. And as the legend of Richard III is a confounding pastiche of fact and fiction, so is this thesis a work of unapologetic ambiguity
Recommended Citation
Rashid, Michael, ""Plots have I laid": An actor's descent into the role of King Richard III." (2002). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10639.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10639