The Castle Players present Dickon - A play about Richard III

The Castle Players present Elizabeth Macintosh's play set during the reign of Richard III. Better known for her novel 'The daughter of time' (written under the pseudonym Josephine Tey) Macintosh published Dickon under another pseudonym (Gordon Daviot). The play was first performed posthumously in 1953. Mackintosh wrote Dickon as a revisionist drama, portraying Richard as the loyal and honourable man evident in contemporary accounts. In two Acts, the play covers January 1483 (Edward IV’s last parliament) until the morning of the Battle of Bosworth Field, and portrays the declining days of Edward IV, the constitutional crisis which his premature death provokes, and Richard’s advocacy of justice which was a hallmark of his short reign. This performance takes place in St Mary's church, greatly enhanced by Richard's generosity as he planned for a Collegiate Foundation to be based in Barnard Castle.