Film Education | Richard III – Shooting Shakespeare
Richard III
This programme examines how director Richard Loncraine and star Ian McKellen have collaborated to produce a cinematic version of Shakespeare's Richard III which is accessible to the general cinema-going public.
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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.
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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Richard III
The return of the award-winning team who produced 'Hamlet'. Antony Sher provides the voice of Shakespeare's darkest villain, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who in his unquenchable thirst for the throne, destroys his friends and family, including the Princes in the Tower.