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Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth

Yolanda Vazquez [Queen Elizabeth] in the Globe's 2003 Richard III
Yolanda Vazquez [Queen Elizabeth]

Richard III (2003)

Yolanda Vazquez

This is Yolanda's third season at Shakespeare's Globe. In 1999, she played Adriana in Comedy of Errors and Bertha in Augustine's Oak, and in 2000 she played Hippolyta in Two Noble Kinsmen. Other roles include Queen Isabella in Richard II and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Yolanda has appeared with the RSC, for whom she recently played Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Television includes Midsummer Murders, Peak Practice and A Touch of Frost. Film includes Notting Hill, Morvern Caller and The Other Boleyn Girl.

Actor's Bulletins

Rehearsal Notes: 4

This is Yolanda's fourth and final blog entry for the 2003 production of Richard III in which she talks about beginning work on the next production of the season- The Taming of the Shr...

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Rehearsal Notes: 3

This is Yolanda's third blog entry for the 2003 production of Richard III in which she talks primarily about tech week, beginning the run and the role of the women in the play. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 2

This is Yolanda's second blog entry for the 2003 production of Richard III in which she talks about characterisation, difficult scenes and the battle scene in particular. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: 1

This is Yolanda's first blog entry for the 2003 production of Richard III in which she talks about beginning rehearsals, the all-female company and playing Queen Elizabeth, amongst other t...

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