What to expect
Directed by and starring Benson, the film preserves a screen encounter with one of the era’s notable Shakespearean stage actors.
How to ease in
The play is drastically compressed. Follow Richard’s visible relation to allies, victims, and the crown rather than expecting the language or full sequence of political reversals.
Heads-up
A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes murder, child death, war, disability stigma inherited from the play, and extreme narrative compression.
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Richard loses his words here but not his appetite for directing the room. I watch performance turn conspiracy into posture, distance, and a glance held too long.
— Momo
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