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A film review that praises the real Richard III….

Aug 3, 2023

anniversaries, films, sources, The play’s the thing

anti-Stratfordianism, Edward Earl of Oxford, film reviews, Larchmont Chronicle. Tony Melody, More, Richard III Society, Shakespeare, The Lost King

There have been a lot (and I mean a LOT) of reviews of The Lost King, and since its release in the US they have redoubled. There’s a dearth of poor reviews, and rightly so. This link is to a very favourable one and I have picked it out because of what it says about…
The Madness of King Richard III

Feb 5, 2018

art, buildings, The play’s the thing

Alan Bennett, building works, churches, Churches Conservation Trust, Edward Earl of Oxford, George III, humour, Lead Church, Leeds, London Review of Books, New York Times, Richard III Society, Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Towton

A while back, Sunday, December 3rd, 2017, to be exact, I was looking through The New York Times Book Review section when I came across playwright Alan Bennett’s new book called “Keeping On Keeping On.” It was a mildly interesting review of his diary (ODD SPOILER ALERT: he once shared the same doctor as Sylvia…