In fairness to Shakespeare, the way Richard became King and the mystery surrounding the fate of his nephews had already paved the way of his image as a villain.
Thanks for the message Charlotte. I live in Sydney, Australia but I grew up in the north of England - and I never managed to get a visit in to Leicester, though I would love to get there. Next time I’m in UK I’ll have it on my itinerary. Best regards David M
Thank you for your reply David. I’m originally from Yorkshire so also a Northerner. How amazing to live in Sydney now. The visitors centre itself is only small but interesting for those who like History. You can see the place where he was found (now part of the centre; a hole in the ground). However, the rest of Leicester may not be too interesting 😂
New follower here 😊 I can’t say I had much interest in King Richard until he was discovered in the car park whilst I was at university in Leicester. This of course peaked my interest. Have you had the opportunity to visit the King Richard III Visitor Centre or Leicester Cathedral ? I am now a teacher (in Leicester) and he is on our Y5 curriculum (both his history and also how his remains were discovered) and we take the children there to visit. It’s an interesting visit..it has a section on Shakespeare’s depiction of him and how fair/ unfair it was. But also has interesting information about how he was described, his health, the ‘rumours’ and so forth.
Yepp, but specifically in the Richard-Tyrion comparison, it was that both of them were deformed, Tyrion was a dwarf and Richard had his back, and despite both being decent person( according to GRR), people always saw the worst in them due to their deformation.
I'm a Yorkist! I grew up in York (live in Sydney now) where where the prevailing narrative was that Richard was a good guy. So it's a big boo to Shakespeare from me :)
I see😁I heard plenty of people holding this view actually. G.R.R Martin, the author of the Song of Ice and Fire, said that the character of Tyrion Lannister was inspired by Richard III also.
In fairness to Shakespeare, the way Richard became King and the mystery surrounding the fate of his nephews had already paved the way of his image as a villain.
Thanks for the message Charlotte. I live in Sydney, Australia but I grew up in the north of England - and I never managed to get a visit in to Leicester, though I would love to get there. Next time I’m in UK I’ll have it on my itinerary. Best regards David M
Thank you for your reply David. I’m originally from Yorkshire so also a Northerner. How amazing to live in Sydney now. The visitors centre itself is only small but interesting for those who like History. You can see the place where he was found (now part of the centre; a hole in the ground). However, the rest of Leicester may not be too interesting 😂
New follower here 😊 I can’t say I had much interest in King Richard until he was discovered in the car park whilst I was at university in Leicester. This of course peaked my interest. Have you had the opportunity to visit the King Richard III Visitor Centre or Leicester Cathedral ? I am now a teacher (in Leicester) and he is on our Y5 curriculum (both his history and also how his remains were discovered) and we take the children there to visit. It’s an interesting visit..it has a section on Shakespeare’s depiction of him and how fair/ unfair it was. But also has interesting information about how he was described, his health, the ‘rumours’ and so forth.
Yes I read somewhere that all the internecine conflicts of that era served as a sort of template
Yepp, but specifically in the Richard-Tyrion comparison, it was that both of them were deformed, Tyrion was a dwarf and Richard had his back, and despite both being decent person( according to GRR), people always saw the worst in them due to their deformation.
I didn’t know that, very interesting. Thanks for letting me know!
I'm a Yorkist! I grew up in York (live in Sydney now) where where the prevailing narrative was that Richard was a good guy. So it's a big boo to Shakespeare from me :)
I see😁I heard plenty of people holding this view actually. G.R.R Martin, the author of the Song of Ice and Fire, said that the character of Tyrion Lannister was inspired by Richard III also.
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