Specialists repair a cracked glazing panel over the preserved burial site of the medieval monarch.

William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is a brutal play — brutal to watch and just as brutal to stage. An overwhelming handful, this early history play retains its popularity largely through the ...

When a play’s leading politician begins by declaring that he is “determined to prove a villain,” it’s best to believe him. As the bodies pile up in King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s “Richard III,” ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google There is something seriously wrong with Richard III. Not only the royal rogue — a murderous psychopath who kills for ...

A production at the Shakespeare’s Globe theater faced criticism because a nondisabled actor plays the scheming king. But disputes like these miss the point, our critic writes. By Houman Barekat The ...

Ralph Fiennes gets the hump as Shakespeare's nastiest villain, with support from Vanessa Redgrave as a queen driven mad by grief in this latest production from director Rupert Goold. By Leslie ...

Even if you have never seen a production of William Shakespeare‘s “Richard III” you know and probably adore some version of him. The Bard’s villain of villains echoes throughout entertainment, ...

NEW YORK, May 30 (UPI) --Philippa Langley, the amateur historian who discovered British King Richard III's remains under a Leicester parking lot in 2012, says the Steve Coogan-Sally Hawkins drama, The ...

Richard's military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. But jealousy and resentment cause Richard to seek the crown for himself, and he conceives a lengthy and ...

Richard III has long stood accused of murdering his nephews in 1483, but some experts doubt it. A new piece of evidence has them as divided as ever. The uncrowned King Edward V and his younger brother ...