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- Annette BeningQueen Elizabeth
- Edward JewesburyKing Henry VI
- Jim BroadbentDuke of Buckingham
- Robert Downey Jr.Lord Rivers
- Bill PatersonSir Richard Ratcliffe
- Nigel HawthorneGeorge
Matthew GroomYoung Prince Richard of York- Kristin Scott ThomasLady Anne
- Maggie SmithDuchess of York
John WoodKing Edward IV- Jim CarterLord William Hastings
- There are two definitive film productions of Richard III: - Sir Laurence Olivier's 1955 film version, which he directed and in which he plays the title role, supported by Sir Cedric Hardwicke as King Edward, Sir John Gielgud as Clarence, the delectable Claire Bloom as the Lady Anne and a host of other brilliant performers - and Ian McKellen's 1995 version, screenwritten by McKellen and director Richard Loncraine, in which McKellen also plays the title role.
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Sep 23, 2021 · 17 Actors Who Have Played Richard III. A number of highly recognizable actors have risen to the challenge of portraying the title character in William Shakespeare’s Richard III. As this list of actors who played Richard III proves, there's nothing like a difficult character to inspire a great performance.
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- Richard III
- Tower of London
- Looking For Richard
- The White Queen
- The Hollow Crown
- The Lost King
- A Wronged King?
This joint project between French filmmaker André Calmettes and American playwright James Keane resulted in a 55-minute silent film that adapted Shakespeare’sRichard III for the silver screen. It was lost, but rediscovered in 1996 and is believed to be the oldest American feature-length film and the first feature film adaptation of Shakespeare. The...
Tower of London is a black-and-white film. It follows the Shakespearean view of Richard III as he works with an executioner named Mord to eliminate rival claimants to the throne. On the death of his brother he becomes King Richard III, his only remaining rival being the exiled Henry Tudor. The part of Richard is played in Tower of London by Basil R...
Part documentary, part recording of portions of Shakespeare’s Richard III, this production was Al Pacino’s directorial debut, and also saw him play the character Richard III. The aim was to lead an audience through the plot and themes of Shakespeare’s play with scenes woven through the narrative in order to increase the play’s accessibility.
The White Queen is a BBC serialisation of Philippa Gregory’s novels in The Cousins’ War series. It covers the Wars of the Roses and offers the first more positive portrayal of Richard III in our list so far. In this interpretation, Richard is not blamed for the deaths of the Princes in the Tower, though he is positioned as planning to marry his nie...
Shown on the BBC in two series, the first focusing on Shakespeare’s Richard II to Henry V, and the second on the Wars of the Roses, The Hollow Crownreturned to a more traditional Shakespearean portrayal of Richard III. The depiction of Richard passed up an opportunity to reasonably represent his scoliosis. Richard III was played by Benedict Cumberb...
The Lost Kingtells the story of Philippa Langley, the woman who was the driving force behind the discovery of Richard’s lost grave in Leicester in 2012. As Philippa searches for evidence of the precise location of Richard’s grave, her internal monologue is presented to viewers by Richard III. This is perhaps the most positive presentation of Richar...
Of the ten portrayals of Richard III on this list, all but two are negative, mostly following Shakespeare’s dramatic presentation. The ages of the actors listed when they played Richard ranges from 26 to 62. The average is 47 years old. For a man who died aged 32, that suggests the Richard III we see on film is most often far removed from the real ...
Richard III: Directed by Laurence Olivier. With Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson. Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
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Cedric Hardwicke. King Edward IV of England. Nicholas Hannen. Archbishop. Ralph Richardson. Duke of Buckingham. John Gielgud. George, Duke of Clarence. Mary Kerridge. Queen Elizabeth. Pamela Brown. Jane Shore. Paul Huson. Edward, Prince of Wales. Claire Bloom. The Lady Anne. Wallace Bosco. Monk. Andrew Cruickshank. Brackenbury. Clive Morton.
Dec 29, 1995 · Richard III: Directed by Richard Loncraine. With Christopher Bowen, Edward Jewesbury, Ian McKellen, Bill Paterson. The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.
Nov 26, 2013 · Jump to navigation. Richard III: 15 actors who have played the hunchback king. We look at some of the actors who have played one of Britain's most infamous villains, Richard III. 26 November 2013 •...
