Well, here’s a novel claim to fame – the Richard III bit, I mean!
An excerpt from an intriguing story:- “…The road to redemption led him back to the theatre. ‘To satisfy his creditors’, notes one biographical account, ‘he played leading roles in seven London playhouses and is reported to have been the last to perform Richard III on horseback at Astley’s Theatre’…”
To learn who “he” was, go to:-
The New Murrey and Blue blog 
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