/RICHARD III/ (1980)
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- Dvd Region: 2+4 Pal (UK & Europe)
- Certificate: U
- Running Time: Approx. 239 minutes
- Type: Fullscreen
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Originally Transmitted: 23rd January 1980
- Dvd Release Date: 2005
- Released By: BBC Worldwide Ltd.
- Distributed By: DD Home Entertainment
- Format: Colour Dvd Pal
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English sdh
- Audio: Mono
- Format: 4:3
- Type: Twin Dvd Set
© BBC Television in association with Time-Life
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A HISTORICAL TRAGEDIE
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare’s plays for television.
The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical
and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors.
“And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
I am determined to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days”
Richard, the younger brother of the King of England
is hell-bent on seizing control of the crown and so embarks on a murderous rampage, which, once started, cannot easily be stopped.
This BBC production is the most faithful adaptation of Shakespeare’s study of evil,
with only minor edits made to the full text. Ron Cook’s powerfully understated,
soft-spoken performance stands in direct contrast to the many forthright movie
interpretations of the Bard’s greatest villain.
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Enter Richard Duke of Gloucester:
RICHARD GLOUCESTER:
"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York
and all the clouds that loured upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried . . . ."
Ron Cook Paul Jesson
Zöe Wanamaker
Brian Protheroe and Annette Crosbie
Directed By Jane Howell
Produced By Shaun Sutton
x x x
William Shakespeare’s
The Tragedy Of
King Richard the Third
RICHARD
III
DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
In Alphabetical Order
- Peter Aldwyn ... Second Company
- Peter Benson ... King Henry VI
- Brian Binns ... Second Company
- Gerald Blackmore ... Second Company
- Stephen Brigden ... Second Company
- Anthony Brown ... Sir Richard Ratcliffe
- David Burke ... Sir William Catesby
- Michael Byrne ... Duke of Buckingham
- Anne Carroll ... Jane Shore
- Paul Chapman ... Earl Rivers
- Michael Cogan ... Second Company
- Ron Cook ... Richard III
- Rowena Cooper ... Queen Elizabeth
- Arthur Cox ... Lord Grey, Lord Mayor of London
- Stuart Cox ... Second Company
- Annette Crosbie ... Duchess of York
- David Daker ... Lord Hastings
- Brian Deacon ... Henry, Earl of Richmond
- Jeremy Dimmick ... Young Duke of York
- Jonathan Evans ... Second Company
- Tenniel Evans ... Lord Stanley
- Derek Farr ... Sir Robert Brakenbury, Earl of Surrey
- Mark Fletcher ... Second Company
- Dorian Ford ... Edward, Prince of Wales
- Julia Foster ... Queen Margaret
- Derek Fuke ... Sir Thomas Vaughan
- Michael Gardiner ... Second Company
- Nigel Gomm ... Trumpeter
- David Goodwin ... Second Company
- Barry Grantham ... Second Company
- Alex Guard ... Marquess of Dorset
- Nick Hall ... Second Company
- Bernard Hill ... Sir William Brandon
- Paul Jesson ... George, Duke of Clarence
- Angus Kennedy ... Second Company
- Patsy Kensit ... Lady Margaret Plantagenet
- Hamish Kerr ... Second Company
- Hus Levant ... Second Company
- Brian Little ... Drummer
- Rusty Livingstone ... Page to Richard
- David Ludwig ... Second Company
- Peter Macklin ... Second Company
- Oengus MacNamara ... Halberdier, Lord Lovell
- Stephen Paine ... Drummer
- Brian Protheroe ... King Edward IV
- John Rankin ... Second Company
- Nick Reding ... Ghost of the Prince of Wales
- Martin Rutledge ... Second Company
- Peter Searles ... Second Company
- Frank Walsh ... Trumpeter
- Zoë Wanamaker ... Lady Anne
- Mark Wing-Davey ... Sir James Tyrrel
- Peter Wyatt ... Duke of Norfolk
- Directed: Jane Howell
- Produced: Shaun Sutton
- Adapted: William Shakespeare’s original play
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ABOUT RICHARD III
Edward IV is on the throne, but his brother plots
to become King himself, murdering those who stand
between him and the crown. He woos and wins Lady Anne, the widow of Henry
VI's son, as his wife. Queen Margaret, widow of Henry VI,
returns from France and curses him. Richard engineers the murder of his
brother Clarence. Overwhelmed by Clarence's death Edward
dies and Richard lodges Edward's two young sons in the Tower.
Richard has Rivers, Grey and Hastings executed.
The Duke of Buckingham persuades the Lord Mayor and the citizens of
London to urge Richard to accept the throne. The Princes
in the Tower are also murdered. Buckingham
revolts and raises an army against Richard. At the battle of Bosworth Richard
is defeated by Henry, Earl of Richmond,
who claims the crown as Henry VII and marries Edward IV's daughter,
thus uniting the Houses of Lancaster and York in the new dynasty of the Tudors.
Shakespeare’s play about Richard Crookback,
his seizure of the throne of England and his ultimate defeat upon Bosworth Field . . .
There is no record of the first performance of Richard III (probably in late 1592 or early 1593. outside London);
it was printed in 1597, with five reprints before its inclusion in the 1623 Folio.
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