I’m amazed they actually found Dickie’s bones, and he wasn’t a hunchback at all but just had a terrible scoliosis. There was a documentary on the creation of a suit of armor for a man with a similar condition which showed that Richard could indeed have ridden into the battle that killed him.
History is always written by the winners – when Shakespeare was writing he only had the Tudor’s version to go on and he was not going to paint Henry the Seventh in a bad light when his granddaughter was the reigning monarch! Richard was actually a very well liked by people.
BE THIS GUY almost 10 years ago
Here, let Ian McKellen do it.
Sherlock Watson almost 10 years ago
Looks like Ric was about to do a different version of it.:“A ho, a ho, my kingdom for a ho!”
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Best reading of that line was in the first episode of the original Black Adder!
pschearer Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I’m amazed they actually found Dickie’s bones, and he wasn’t a hunchback at all but just had a terrible scoliosis. There was a documentary on the creation of a suit of armor for a man with a similar condition which showed that Richard could indeed have ridden into the battle that killed him.
emjaycee almost 10 years ago
Reminds me of Monty Python’s “Hospital for Overacting” sketch with the Richard III ward.
kapearlman almost 10 years ago
Not equestrian- wise at least…
Nobody_Important almost 10 years ago
History is always written by the winners – when Shakespeare was writing he only had the Tudor’s version to go on and he was not going to paint Henry the Seventh in a bad light when his granddaughter was the reigning monarch! Richard was actually a very well liked by people.
celeconecca almost 10 years ago
First Shakespearean play I ever saw. 5th or 6th grade. Grey Chapel. Ohio Wesleyan University. 1969 or 1970.