Richard III was a drama that was based in the 1930’s in an imagined London, England. This movie takes place during the Civil War and has to do with the House of Lancasters and the House of York. Richard wants to gain the thrown of England and he is willing to anything to gain the thrown. At the beginning of the film Richard begins with plotting to kill his brother Edward who just got the thrown after a bloody civil war. He ends up seducing and marrying Lady Anne which Richard was the murderer of her husband in the civil war. He asks his people to help him kill his brother Clarence. The killing of Clarence upsets Edwards to much that he ends up dying. Now that Edward is dead someone has to take over the crown and this fall on the Prince of Wales. In the movie Richard is assigned to be the young king’s guardian. He keeps the young king imprisoned in the Tower of London. He ends up having his people kills the young king. Then he convinces the prince’s mother to make her daughter marry his son. Then Richard becomes king of the thrown. With all this power that Richard has obtain it in return bites him in the butt. The movie ends with Henry Richman trying to chase Richard to his death. Richard falls backwards off the ladder that he is on and falls to his flaming death.
I've never read this play or seen a movie version of it. But now I'm interested!
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