Edward IV 1988 (a version of Henry VI Part 3) Royal Shakespeare Company

Edward IV: Director, Adrian Noble; Designer, Bob Crowley; Photograph: Donald Cooper
(ahds.ac.uk/performingarts) Royal Shakespeare Company, October 1988.

"In a brilliant visual stroke the designer, Bob Crowley, also puts before us a towering throne that both reaches towards the heavens and conceals a dungeon underneath." Michael Billington, Guardian 3.4.89 Opening Date: 22 October 1988, Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

The throne was one of the most important props on the Elizabethan stage, a symbol of royal authority, as here when Edward IV sits proudly on his throne with his sword of office and leaves the captive King Henry VI standing dispossessed of authority. HMR