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   How did Shakespeare describe King Richard III?

   • They included Edward Hall, who described Richard as “evil-featured of limbs, crookbacked, the left shoulder much higher than the right,” and Thomas More, whose “History of King Richard III” framed Richard’s physique as a corporeal manifestation of his rotten character: Shakespeare took this theme and ran with it.

   New ‘Richard III’ Raises an Old Question: Who Should Wear the Crown?

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   Why is Shakespeare's 'Richard III' so controversial?

   • In the case of “Richard III,” the debate is more complicated, because Shakespeare’s portrayal of disability never aspired to anything as noble as depicting lived experience. His script, written in the early 1590s, drew heavily from chronicles by Tudor historians who sought to depict the usurper Richard in the most unflattering light.

   New ‘Richard III’ Raises an Old Question: Who Should Wear the Crown?

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   Did Richard III have scoliosis?

   • Scholars long speculated that these accounts were exaggerated — suspicions confirmed in 2012 when Richard III’s bones were found underneath a parking lot, and we learned that, though he did suffer from scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, he seems to have been only mildly disfigured.

   New ‘Richard III’ Raises an Old Question: Who Should Wear the Crown?

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   Should Richard be played as disabled in Shakespeare's 'the Great Gatsby'?

   • The Globe issued a robust response pointing out that Richard would not be played as disabled in this production, and adding that, in any case, “the Shakespearean canon is based on a foundation of anti-literalism and therefore all artists should have the right to play all parts.”

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   5 days ago · May 22, 2024. When Michelle Terry, the artistic director at Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London, decided to put on a production of “Richard III” with a feminist twist, she probably didn’t...

3. www.historytools.org › stories › unraveling-theUnraveling the Controversy: Why Richard III Remains a ...

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   1 day ago · The controversy surrounding Richard III‘s ascension to the throne remains a central aspect of his enduring legacy and continues to divide historians and the public alike. Shakespeare‘s Portrayal and Popular Perception. The enduring image of Richard III as a villainous, hunchbacked usurper owes much to William Shakespeare‘s play, "Richard ...

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5. www.telegraph.co.uk › theatre › what-to-seeRichard III, the Globe, review: a vindication for Michelle Terry

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   5 days ago · Shakespeare’s Richard III has been dogged by controversy almost from the moment the play was first performed. For centuries there’s been the suggestion that Shakespeare weaponised the king’s ...

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   Jan 4, 2015 · Richard III: January 1484. Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. Originally published by Boydell, Woodbridge, 2005. This premium content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved. Citation: , 'Richard III: January 1484', in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, (Woodbridge, 2005) pp. .

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   5 days ago · Read our review of history play Richard III, now in performances at Shakespeare's Globe to 3 August. Isaac Ouro-Gnao 22 May, 2024, 10:30 Richard III marks the latest collaboration between director Elle While and Shakespeare’s Globe’s artistic director Michelle Terry, who takes the lead role here.

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   5 days ago · Terry’s Richard is an awful specimen of a man, but as the only comic character in the play, the audience warms to him quickly. Although Richard’s ambitions are lucidly represented in Terry’s ...

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   1 day ago · The History of King Richard III was written and published in both English and Latin, each written separately, and with information deleted from the Latin edition to suit a European readership. It greatly influenced William Shakespeare's play Richard III.