Richard III

In this way I became familiar with Shakespeare before I read him, or at least such plays of his as were most given in those days, and I saw "Macbeth" and "Hamlet," and above all "Richard III.," again and again.

They are generally Richard III. whales, with dromedary humps, and very savage; breakfasting on three or four sailor tarts, that is whaleboats full of mariners: their deformities floundering in seas of blood and blue paint.

No doubt, if a King Richard III were worsted on a modern battlefield, his instinctive cry would be, "My Kingdom for a telephone!"

"I really believe," said he, "I could be fool enough at this moment to undertake any character that ever was written, from Shylock or Richard III down to the singing hero of a farce in his scarlet coat and cocked hat.

Thus Richard III., for instance, was marvellously served by his conscience after the putting away of the two children of Edward IV.; in fact, he could say, `These two children of a cruel and persecuting king, who have inherited the vices of their father, which I alone could perceive in their juvenile propensities -- these two children are impediments in my way of promoting the happiness of the English people, whose unhappiness they (the children) would infallibly have caused.' Thus was Lady Macbeth served by her conscience, when she sought to give her son, and not her husband

Following a magical opening night, the LADS theatre group is taking its production of Richard III on tour.

Deserved recognition for stage show CO-WRITERS Kaite O'Reilly and Phillip Zarrilli's radical, irreverent re-imagining of Shakespeare's Richard III, written for a disabled actress and from a disability perspective, has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Drama.

Synopsis: King Richard III (2 October 1452--22 August 1485) remains one of the most infamous and recognizable monarchs in English or British history, despite only sitting on the throne for two years and fifty-eight days.

But now historian and author Matt Lewis is out to right the wrong done to Richard III, who was killed on the field of battle at Bosworth and buried under a car park.

The story of the unsightly, evil and uncannily seductive King Richard III is a study on power, violence and beauty, unfolding within the dark setting of Medieval England to expose the strongest primal instincts of human nature.