The tragedy of Richard III

Resource Information

The work The tragedy of Richard III represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Glencoe Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The tragedy of Richard III

Statement of responsibility

by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Jane Howel

Title variation

• Richard III
• King Richard III
• Richard the Third
• Richard III

Contributor

• British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
• Time-Life Television
• Byrne, Michael, 1922-
• Cook, Ron, 1948-
• Cooper, Rowena
• Crosbie, Annette, 1934-
• Foster, Julia
• Howell, Jane
• Protheroe, Brian
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Sutton, Shaun
• Wanamaker, Zoë, 1949-
• Ambrose Video Publishing

Subject

• Biographies
• English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
• English drama -- Television adaptations
• Great Britain -- History -- Richard III, 1483-1485 -- Drama
• Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Drama
• Historical drama, English -- Television adaptations
• Richard, III, King of England, 1452-1485 -- Drama
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations
• Television programs -- Great Britain

Genre

• Biography
• Drama
• Television adaptations
• Biographies

Language

eng

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 reigh of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne, an intricate period in English history

Member of

• Works

Cataloging source

SNN

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Senior cameraman Jim Atkinson ; incidental music composed & conducted by Dudley Simpson ; video tape editor

Date time place

Taped Mar. 31-Apr. 6, 1982 at the BBC Television studios in London

PerformerNote

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)

Runtime

228

Series statement

Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action