The Charleston Alley Theatre will present Shakespeare’s “Richard III” at 7:30 tonight at its 718 Monroe Ave. location.

Future performances will be held Friday, Saturday and next Monday at 7:30 p.m., and a 2 p.m. matinee is planned for Sunday. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $6 for adults.

Duke Bagger, a Charleston resident who stars as Richard III, said the play is a loyal adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic tale of England’s royal dynasty.

“It was written for Elizabeth I about her grandfather and the history of how her family came to the throne,” Bagger said.

For the most part, Bagger said the play is historically accurate, but Shakespeare made a few mistakes.

“There are some characters who really weren’t there, and a few other things are wrong,” Bagger said. “But history is written by the winners.”

Bagger’s wife, Linda, plays Queen Margaret, and she casts an exciting curse, Bagger said.

Other cast members include Andrew Reaves, a senior theater arts major; Harrison Green, assistant professor of business; Jeri Matteson-Hughes, microcomputer support specialist for Booth Library; and Bailey Young, professor of history.

The Charleston Alley Theatre tries to put on five performances a year, but this year the troupe is only producing four.

For their next project, Bagger said the theater would like to perform “Wit,” a modern drama about a woman dealing with breast cancer.

“We don’t just do the classics,” he said. “We look for contemporary shows as well.”