An Age of Kings | Richard III
Richard III
Part Fourteen of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the first part of Richard III. The Prince of Wales, heir to Henry VI has been murdered, Henry himself has been killed, and Edward IV, recently crowned in London, is threatened by Gloucester's determination to win the crown.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Plays
- Channel: BBC TV
- Duration: 59'34''
- Broadcast date: 1960
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
An Age of Kings | 15: Richard III: The Boar Hunt
Part Fifteen of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the second and final part of Richard III. Nothing can now check Gloucester's struggle to possess himself of the Crown. His brothers are now dead, and he has imprisoned his two young nephews, Edward V and Richard of York in the Tower.
Richard III (1955)
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. Featuring Laurence Olivier.