wie weit muss ich zurücklesen... gibts was "NEUES"... macht RA das ganze im 15.Jhd oder neuzeitlich???

Are there any parallels between Guy and Richard III?
Sort of. I'm researching Richard III at the moment. I suppose the biggest parallel is this ambition that is all consuming and will ultimately crush the person that's chasing it. That's been the overriding theme of Guy right from the beginning. It's ambition that started out as "I am fighting for my family name." But once he's had a taste of success, he wants it for himself, despite the fact that he'll say it's for the Gisbornes. He wants it for himself and it's insatiable. I'm hoping to explore the character of Richard III at some point, but I don't know when it's going to happen. I'm interested in the camp that says he wasn't the ruthless, ambitious, child murderer that Shakespeare depicted. I want to explore what it might be like if you grow up never being in line to the thrown and then suddenly you see can see the crown and the path is cleared. You get a taste of the potential of what it might be like. Surely you would dive in and you would run and grab it! I wonder if that's what he really did. Those are the parallels for me really.

Unser Richard wird das schon machen. Eine zwiespältige Figur ist viel interessant und glaubwürdiger als ein strahlender Held. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass die BBC endlich zu Potte kommt! Ich fand's ein bisschen schade, dass es immer noch nix konkretes gibt, aber immerhin ist das Projekt nicht vom Tisch und die BBC wäre schon mein Wunschpartner, zumindest solange es kein Kinofilm wird.

Ich bin ja mal gespannt, wie der Balanceakt zwischen Shakespears Bösewicht und vielleicht "zu" gutem König sein wird. Ein Knackpunkt düprfte sein, wie sie das mit seinen Neffen darstellen. Ich gebe zu, dass ich lieber den zu guten helden haben möchte; den Bösewicht gab es über Jahrhunderte genug.

Richard's reputation (...) is largely owed to Tudor propagandists and Shakespeares monstrous portrayal of his character. (...) But Richard also had his attributes: he was a courageous soldier, an excellent administrator, almost fanatically pious, decisive, fair, loyal and a devoted husband and father. His short two-year reign gave him little chance to prove himself.
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It seems most likely that the princes were murdered, but no one knows exactly when it happened or who was responsible. Both Richard Duke of Gloucester and Henry Tudor had much to gain from their removal. Unsurprisingly, Tudor propagandists blamed Richard, and their version of events has remained the favoured one, but there is no certainty that this heinous act -if it took place at all- was truly Richard's doing.
Quelle: Kings+Queens, The concise guide, Richard Cavendish.

“Richard III.”
far and wide is known in the version created by William Shakespeare.

That king Richard III. of England was far more than Shakespeare made him appear to be, can be seen in the influence his time of government has still up till into our days.

He was a loving husband and father,

a fierce soldier and fighter,

a just governor of his people

and especially influenced the picture of England by:

creating the Court of Requests for the legal representation of the poor (in 1483) introducing bail to protect suspects (in 1484) banning restrictions of printing and book sale
ordering a translation of the written Laws and Statutes from French into English To give him a more realistic image in the perception of our days, the famous actor Richard Armitage is working on a film-project, to revise this kings ill deserved negative image.

Please support these efforts to give Richard III. back a more historically acurate biography than created by Shakespeare and support the efforts made by Richard Armitage by

signing this Petition for “Richard III”!

Schön, aber wie es scheint, nehmen die keine deutschen Email-Adressen, ich kann das Ding jedenfalls nicht einreichen...