It charts the rise of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a cold-blooded and dastardly villain who slaughters his family and even marries his victim’s widow to become king. It’s a history play ...

In this updated edition of King Richard II, Claire McEachern provides a fresh introductory section in which she discusses the most important productions and scholarly criticism of recent years. Paying ...

“You’ll see like a film of Richard breathing ... scientific and historic break-through." A Voice For King Richard III will premiere on 17 November from 12:00 until 18:00 GMT.

Richard was the thirteenth and last Plantagenet king and the last king to be killed in battle. We see Richard depicted as a hunch-back by Shakespeare but this deformity may be exaggerated. It was ...

The Young King became jealous of Richard's new found fame and fled the French court. Henry II tried to force Richard and Geoffrey to pay homage to their elder brother the Young King, but Richard ...

The church where Richard III was buried was demolished in the first half of the 16th Century The discovery of the medieval English king Richard III, who fought battle in vain in 1485, has become ...

Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. In 2012 ...

Shakespeare’s Richard II represents a momentous struggle in English history, the struggle between King Richard II and his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. Richard is apparently secure on his throne at the ...

A film guide that looks at King Richard (2021), a biopic charting the early days of tennis sensations Venus and Serena Williams and the impact their father had on their careers. This guide is useful ...

“King Richard” is a crowd-pleaser in the best sense of the word. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll tell your friends, and you just might want to stand up and cheer.

The couple’s eldest son, King Richard I or Richard Coeur de Lion, has already been killed before the play begins. The Duke of Austria, presented in the play as Richard’s killer, enters wearing as a ...