Richard III: Difference between revisions

* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]: The final straw leading to open rebellion is when Richard tries to forcibly marry his niece.

* [[Age Lift]]: In various productions, he's been played by 47-year-old [[Basil Rathbone]], 48-year-old [[Laurence Olivier]], 51-year-old [[Vincent Price]], 46-year-old [[Peter Cook]]<ref>(it's ''[[Blackadder]]'' but it still counts)</ref>, 56-year-old [[Ian McKellen]], and also 56-year-old [[Al Pacino]]. It should be noted that Richard was only ''33'' when he died at the battle of Bosworth Field, and only five years older than his usurper, [[Henry VII]], who, unlike Richard, is usually played by a reasonably young actor. Then again, Shakespeare's Richard starts appearing in the ''[[Henry VI]]'' plays, as an adult, at a time when the historical Richard would have been a toddler, so playing him as older even in his own play makes a certain amount of sense.

* [[Big Bad]]: Richard

* [[Bury Your Disabled]]: Type 2, but of course Richard III is hardly helpless.