18. Richard III

Richard III (1483-85) has been portrayed as inhuman, tyrannical, treacherous and cruel. He had the monumental misfortune of character assassination by the dynasty that followed him determined to blacken his name. It will unquestionably be remembered as one of the most famous and consequential reigns in English history. CHARACTERS Richard III – King of England Edward IV – King of England, brother of Richard Edward V – King of England, son of Edward VI Anne Neville – Queen of England, wife of Richard III Elizabeth Woodville – Queen of England, wife of Edward IV George, duke of Clarence – brother of Richard and Edward Duke of York – Father of Richard Cecily Neville – Mother of Richard Prince Edward – son of Richard Richard of Shrewsbury – son of Edward IV Elizabeth of York – daughter of Edward IV Henry VI – former Lancastrian King of England Margaret – former Lancastrian Queen of England, wife of Henry VI Earl of Warwick – nobleman nicknamed the Kingmaker Earl Rivers – brother of Elizabeth Woodville, tutor and uncle of Edward V Duke of Norfolk – loyalist of Richard William Hastings – loyalist of Richard Duke of Buckingham – loyalist of Richard Ralph Shaa – pro-Ricardian theologian Sir John Cheyne – knight loyal to Henry Tudor William Brandon – Henry Tudor’s standard bearer Earl of Oxford – commander loyal to Henry Tudor William Colyngbourne – covert ally of Henry Tudor Henry Percy – Earl of Northumberland Thomas Stanley – Earl of Derby, husband of Margaret Beaufort Charles VIII – King of France Chroniclers Dominic Mancini Vergil Francis Bacon Commynes Croyland William Shakespeare – playwright of Tudor England Characters from the past Richard II – former King of England Edward II – former King of England John of Gaunt – son of Edward III and ancestor of the Lancastrian claimants CREDITS Music: Winter Night by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Tudor Consort – 04 – Palestrina – Credo – Missa Sicut_lilium_inter_spinas Alanmckinney – JCB operating on construction site Black snow – sword slice Soundmary – wild horses running Dan Mitch3ll – distant horns eneasz – wooden door smash open metzik – medieval market Omar Alvarado – five heavy knocks on bedroom door 2 lg – torrential rain