Transposed to the 1930s, Shakespeare’s hunchbacked king with a murderous lust for the British throne works his mad way from the battlefield to the bedroom.
Ian McKellen Richard III
Annette Bening Queen Elizabeth
Jim Broadbent Duke of Buckingham
Robert Downey Lord Rivers
Nigel Hawthorne George
Kristin Scott Thomas Lady Anne
Maggie Smith Duchess of York
Adrian Dunbar James Tyrell
Dominic West Earl of Richmond
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Shakespeare's hunchbacked king (Ian McKellen) works his mad way from the battlefield to the bedroom.