William Shakespeare’s play ‘Richard III’ illustrates how a power-hungry monarch can attain the throne at the expense of civil ...

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 ...

Getty Images Prof King addressed a press conference in 2013 to show the DNA samples taken from a skeleton of Richard III and other descendants "I got brought on to the project in June 2011," she ...

In 2012 the remains of the real Richard III were found underneath a car park in Leicester, England. The skeleton proved that the real Richard had a condition called scoliosis, which led to his ...

Anne's father in law and her husband have been killed by members of the Royals. Richard III lies in wait to woo Anne as she mourns Richard, a deformed duke, plans to upturn the peace that has ...

I got someone who would give us a rip-roaringly Shakespearean standard English… and then I thought ‘I wonder what the real man was like’. “So I contacted the Richard III society and they ...