
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward has him imprisoned in the Tower of London; killers in Richard's pay then drown Clarence in a barrel of wine. When news of Clarence's death reaches the King, the subsequent grief and remorse bring about his death. Richard is made Lord Protector, with power to rule England while his nephew (now King Edward V) is still a minor. Before the young king's coronation he has his two nephews conveyed to the Tower, ostensibly for their safekeeping. Richard's accomplice, the Duke of Buckingham, then declares the two boys illegitimate and offers Richard the crown, which after a show of reticence he accepts. After Richard's coronation, he and Buckingham have a falling-out over whether or not to assassinate the two children.

as Richard III

as King Henry VI

as Duke of Buckingham

as Queen Margaret

as First Murderer

as Lady Anne

as First Citizen / Sir James Tyrrel

as King Edward IV

as Sir Richard Ratcliffe

as Sir William Catesby

as Jane Shore

as Earl Rivers

as Queen Elizabeth

as Lord Grey / Lord Mayor of London

as Duchess of York

as Lord Hastings

as Second Citizen / First Messenger / Earl of Richmond

as Young Duke of York

as Stanley, Earl of Derby / Archbishop of York

as Sir Robert Brackenbury / Earl of Surrey

as Edward, Prince of Wales

as Second Murderer / Sir Thomas Vaughan

as Marquess of Dorset

as George, Duke of Clarence

as Lady Margaret Plantagenet

as Page to Richard

as Halberdier / Lord Lovell

as Ghost of Prince of Wales

as Edward Plantagenet

as Duke of Norfolk















