Richard III
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David Garrick was an 18th century actor whose name is still synonymous with the Shakespearean roles he performed. Raised in Lichfield, he had intended to be a lawyer but was instead drawn into the theatre AT THE age of 24, David Garrick made his stage debut in Ipswich and only a few months later took…
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For those Ricardians who like country-house murder mysteries, here’s one with a Ricardian theme. Mixed reviews, but I don’t think it’s anti-Richard. It was originally written in 1974, so apparently shows its age a little. But then, don’t we all? <g> The Amazon link wouldn’t work properly, so here’s a TinyURl: http://tinyurl.com/hw4u2fh
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When people think of places connected with Richard III, they sometimes think of Northamptonshire due to his birthplace at Fotheringhay…but seldom of the town of Northampton itself. However, the town, although having lost in grandest medieval structures in two devastating fires, still has features of interest to Ricardians, Wars of the Roses students and medievalists.…
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Born in New York in 1807, Aldridge emigrated to England at the age of 17. Whilst considered a distinguished Shakespearean actor, Londoners did not take as well to the idea of the world’s first black Othello, with a critic for The Times writing: “Owing to the shape of his lips it is utterly impossible for…
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(by Annette Carson) On the matter of sources that are usually cited for the origin of Richard III’s blackened reputation, it occurs to me that I’ve done quite a lot of reading lately around Thomas More’s influential Richard III, which means I have been delving more deeply into the analyses published in the Appendix to…
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He can rule the North well, and give justice to all, Win over Lancastrians, The great and the small, Folk claim he was good, but I just do not see, Though saintly in novels, he’s always a villain to me. They can talk all they like of his wonderful laws, He murdered the Princes, without…
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The King In The Lab – Richard III’s Dissolute Diet
alcohol, Atkins diet, Battle of Bosworth, Channel Four, David Grummitt, DNA evidence, Dominic Smee, Dr. A.L. Lamb, Edward IV, evidence, Food, Fotheringhay, Ian Mortimer, isotopes, Ludlow, Medieval Diet, Myths, nitrogen, Professor Jane Evans, Richard III, Science, scoliosis, teeth, von Poppelau, waterOriginally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: I recently had the opportunity to attend a talk by Professor Jane Evans of the British Geological Survey, co-author of the multi-isotope analysis which explored what the last Plantagenet king of England ate and drank. As I mentioned in a previous science post, this study formed the basis for the…
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OK, I know it’s great theatre (apparently) but I do NOT like Richard III to be updated to ‘modern’ times. So the thought of Sir Ian McKellen and his bus doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest. I still think that Shakespeare should be played as he was meant to be, i.e. in 16th-century costume. Many…
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A 1950’s Kids’ Book with a Different View
“Tudor” Despotism, book review, C.W. Aime, Caroline Halsted, children’s history, Clements Markham, de heretico comburendo, E. Nesbit, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, George Buck, Henry VI, Josephine Tey, Lollards, Margaret of Abjou, Paul Murray Kendall, pilgrimage, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Shakespeare, traditions, WakefieldWe tend to think of anything relating to Richard III prior to the last forty years to be biased towards traditional views, with the exceptions of Josephine Tey’s novel, Paul Murray Kendall’s biography, a few other novels like Patrick Carlton’s Under the Hog, and the early ‘defenders’ such as Buck, Markham and Halsted. Children’s books…
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No justice for Richard twenty-five years ago, when his magnificent statue got the rough treatment from louts. I’d love to think he ‘came to life’ and rammed that sword where their sun don’t shine!
