In her first play, historical novelist Philippa Gregory "seeks to offer a nuanced portrait of the last Plantagenet ... detach the real-life figure of Richard III from the playwright's 'foul ...

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was crowned in the Abbey as Richard III on Sunday 6th July 1483. The day before he and his Queen Anne (Neville) rode in procession from the Tower of London to Westminster.

Watch the videos and decide how you would perform the three scenes from Richard III. Richard III is a play full of manipulation, murder and ghosts. In Shakespeare’s day, the stage would have ...