![]() ![]() In spite of theatre reviews which had to be short because of wartime paper rationing, Olivier’s performance was heralded as one of the finest of his entire career. ![]() Laurence Olivier appeared as Richard III at the Old Vic repertory at the New Theatre in 1944. Here’s our pick of 5 of the best portrayals of Shakespeare’s Richard III in history. Early records indicate that the play was first performed before King Charles in 1633, and was a roaring success, largely because of its depiction of Richard III as cruel, power-hungry and pathetic.Ī famously difficult role to portray, it is clear that the facts and myths have combined to provide a platform for some of the very best actors in the world to interpret William Shakespeare’s story. ![]() Nowhere has his legacy – truthful or otherwise – been more famously memorialised than in Shakespeare’s Richard III, (1592-94) with notable lines including ‘My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain.’ (Act 5 Scene 3). ![]() Rumoured to have murdered his nephews as part of his lust for power, his reputation after his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 further plummeted in the face of Elizabethan propaganda. Richard III is one of the most famous of England’s kings. ![]()
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