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The life and death of King Richard III

Produced as a vehicle for Frederick Warde, a legendary stage actor of the 19th century, "Richard III" was the most ambitious Shakespearean adaptation to date. The film not only attempts to honor the intricacies of the original play, it flavors the drama with spectacular crowd scenes and rich color tints. "Richard III" offers a fresh glimpse at a time in history when Shakespeare wasn't strictly the domain of scholars but was a source of popular entertainment, "when Americans didn't have to be spoon-fed a great dramatist but were united in their passion for one who gave them characters who mirrored their own complex humanity, not to mention sublime poetry, along with requisite doses of sex and violence."

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  • "Richard the third"@en
  • "Richard the third"
  • "King Richard III"
  • "Richard III"@en
  • "Richard III"
  • "William Shakespeare's Richard III"
  • "William Shakespeare's Richard III"@en

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  • "Shakespeare's tragedy of the hump-backed Duke of Gloucester, who rises to the throne of England by chicanery, treachery, and brilliance, only to find that his own methods have prepared the groundwork for his downfall."
  • "Produced as a vehicle for Frederick Warde, a legendary stage actor of the 19th century, "Richard III" was the most ambitious Shakespearean adaptation to date. The film not only attempts to honor the intricacies of the original play, it flavors the drama with spectacular crowd scenes and rich color tints. "Richard III" offers a fresh glimpse at a time in history when Shakespeare wasn't strictly the domain of scholars but was a source of popular entertainment, "when Americans didn't have to be spoon-fed a great dramatist but were united in their passion for one who gave them characters who mirrored their own complex humanity, not to mention sublime poetry, along with requisite doses of sex and violence.""@en

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  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Silent films"@en

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  • "The life and death of King Richard III"@en
  • "The life and death of King Richard III"
  • "Richard III (Motion picture : 1912)"
  • "Richard III (Motion picture : 1912)"@en

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