Richard III [videorecording] (DVD video)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Richard III [videorecording] (DVD video)
Other titles: William Shakespeare's Richard III; Trial of Richard III
Classmark: Richard III Collection A/V RIC
Additional creator(s): Olivier, Laurence (1907-1989) (Other); Richardson, Sir Ralph (1902-1983) (Other); Gielgud, John (1904-2000) (Other); Hardwicke, Cedric (1893-1964) (Other); Bloom, Claire (1931-) (Other); Clunes, Alec (Other); Knight, Esmond (1906-1987) (Other); Laurie, John (1897-1980) (Other); Troughton, Patrick (Other); Baxter, Stanley (Other); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) (Other); London Film Productions (Other); Network (Other)
Related people: Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485; Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483; Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483; Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485
Publisher: Network
Publication city: [London?]
Date(s): [2006]
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 videodiscs (152, 255 min.)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/498158
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010714579705181
Description
DVD region 2; PAL.
Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Claire Bloom, Alec Clunes, Esmond Knight, John Laurie, Patrick Troughton, Stanley Baxter.
A DVD release of the motion picture produced in 1955.
BBFC certificate: U.
Disc 1: DVD release of the 1955 motion picture -- Disc 2: DVD release of the 1984 television transmission of "The trial of Richard III", 225 min.
Special features: This version of the film is taken from a digitally restored High Definition print of Richard III. It is the first time this version has been available since it's original theatrical release in 1955.
Special features: Also includes The trial of Richard III, unseen since its first television transmission in 1984.
Soon after Edward IV is crowned king, his brother, Richard, a hunchback, twisted in mind as well as in body, starts scheming for the throne of England. He woos and wins Lady Anne and then poisons Edward's mind against their brother, Clarence, later organising his death. But even after his coronation, Richard continues with his villainous campaign to secure his position as king...
Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Textual alterations by Colley Cibber and David Garrick.
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