Our productions of Richard III over the years have included many famous actors playing the title role: FR Benson 1886-1919; John Laurie in 1939; Marius Goring in 1953; Christopher Plummer in 1961; Ian Holm in 1963; Ian Richardson in 1975; Alan Howard in 1980; Antony Sher in 1984; Robert Lindsay in 1998 and Henry Goodman in 2003.

Richard III: Directed by Jane Howell. With Peter Benson, Antony Brown, David Burke, Michael Byrne. Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.

At nearly four hours, the BBC Television Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Richard III is by far the longest screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play, made longer still by the Henry VI trilogy, broadcast over the three previous Sundays in January 1983.

Television production with Ron Cook in the title role. The production is commercially available on DVD as part of the BBC TV SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION box set (see separate entry). This production is part of the fifth season (producer: Shaun Sutton). It was recorded in seven days.

Directed for television by Michael Hayes and Robin Midgley, it originally aired in 1965 as a three-parter, just as the plays had been staged (the three parts were called Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III). Due to the popularity of the 1965 broadcast, the series was again screened in 1966, but the three plays were divided up into ten episodes ...

Dead-eyed and murderous, Arthur Hughes (The Innocents, Help) gives an exceptional performance as Shakespeare's most evil villain, Richard III. Gregory Doran's production is a beautiful traditional staging of this historical tale featuring moody sets designed by …

Richard III is a 1983 television episode/movie for the BBC Television Shakespeare which is adapted from Shakespeare's play of the same name, which was written around 1592/1594 about the short reign of Richard III of England and the end of the War of the Roses. The episode/movie was directed by...

Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, comes back with an army and defeats Richard III at Bosworth in 1485 and thus becomes Henry VII known as the first Tudor king, though he is a Lancaster, which means the House of Lancaster in the end wins but they change the dynastic reference, probably to ensure the past be the past, which might explain why Richard ...

A 1983 BBC television presentation of Shakespeare's Richard III. This was broadcast as part of the 37-play BBC Television Shakespeare project. Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous Richard, Duke of York, conspires and plots to seize power for himself, orchestrating a bloody rise to power.

2022年8月18日 · The 1965 RSC Wars of the Roses version with Ian Holm as Richard III is streaming on YouTube. The 1990 ESC version is also on YouTube.