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The tragedy of Richard III

Author: Shaun SuttonJane HowellRon CookMichael ByrneRowena CooperAll authors
Publisher: New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2000 or 2001]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : CD for computer : Document   Computer File : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Shakespeare's play about Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villian who usurps the crown. Through family machinations, political marriages and military coups, this play portrays the tumultous reign of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne, an intricate period in English history.
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Genre/Form: Televised plays
Television adaptations
Drama
Film adaptations
Biography Drama
Named Person: Richard, King of England; William Shakespeare
Material Type: Document, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Shaun Sutton; Jane Howell; Ron Cook; Michael Byrne; Rowena Cooper; Julia Foster; Zoë Wanamaker; Brian Protheroe; Annette Crosbie; William Shakespeare; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; Time-Life Television.; Ambrose Video Publishing.
OCLC Number: 46736914
Language Note: In English with English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Notes: "Word for word as written by William Shakespeare"--Container.
Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1983.
DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format.
Credits: Senior cameraman Jim Atkinson ; incidental music composed & conducted by Dudley Simpson ; video tape editor.
Cast: Peter Benson (King Henry VI), Anthony Brown (Sir Richard Ratcliffe), David Burke (Sir William Catesby), Michael Byrne (Duke of Buckingham), Anne Carroll (Jane Shore), Paul Chapman (Earl Rivers), Ron Cook (Richard III), Rowena Cooper (Queen Elizabeth), Arthur Cox (Lord Grey, Lord Mayor of London), Annette Crosbie (Duchess of York), David Daker (Lord Hastings), Brian Deacon (Henry, Earl of Richmond), Jeremy Dimmick (Young Duke of York), Tenniel Evans (Lord Stanley), Derek Farr (Sir Robert Brakenbury, Earl of Surrey), Dorian Ford (Edward, Prince of Wales), Julia Foster (Queen Margaret), Derek Fuke (Sir Thomas Vaughan), Alex Guard (Marquess of Dorset), Bernard Hill (First Murderer), Paul Jesson (George, Duke of Clarence), Patsy Kensit (Lady Margaret Plantagenet), Rusty Livingstone (Page to Richard), Oengus MacNamara (Halberdier, Lord Lovell), Brian Protheroe (King Edward IV), Nick Reding (Ghost of the Prince of Wales), Zoë Wanamaker (Lady Anne), Mark Wing-Davey (Sir James Tyrrel), Peter Wyatt (Duke of Norfolk).
Production notes: Taped Mar. 31-Apr. 6, 1982 at the BBC Television studios in London.
Description: 1 videodisc (228 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD-video; digitally remastered; picture & sound enhanced.; System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive.
Other Titles: Richard III
King Richard III
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Jane Howell.

Abstract:

Shakespeare's play about Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villian who usurps the crown. Through family machinations, political marriages and military coups, this play portrays the tumultous reign of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne, an intricate period in English history.

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