To be or not to be a Villain

Front Row / 26th April, 2024

Richard my Richard was an amazing triumph. Philippa Gregory life’s work has been to locate Richard’s burial site – finally unearthed in a Leicestershire car park, but with this play she investigates if he really was the villain depicted by Shakespeare and history.

Evidence is scarce after all these years but the intrigue is spell bindingly revealed in this co theatre production with Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and Shakespeare North Playhouse.

All perform in the round with the stall seats removed, it was beautifully woven together and questions whether the 2 princes in the tower were really murdered by other parties and the guilt pinned on the King,

Podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001x4lh

Times review

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/richard-my-richard-review-philippa-gregory-redeems-the-bards-hunchback-2tncm9xlw

Guardian Review
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/mar/17/richard-my-richard-shakespeare-north-playhouse-review-philippa-gregory-richard-iii-like-a-medieval-version-of-the-crown

Friday 26th April 2024 Fawkes- S &J (written up 12.11.24)

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