In her first play, historical novelist Philippa Gregory "seeks to offer a nuanced portrait of the last Plantagenet king", in contrast to Shakespeare's "depiction of a deformed outsider who settles ...

He now sits on the throne as the tragic King Richard III in The Hollow Crown: The War of The Roses. We go behind-the ... They are about everything we’re facing, all the debates about immigration ...

Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare ... with loyalty and betrayals within families, fuelled by the Wars of the Roses. Fate – the idea that life’s journey is already mapped ...