The film begins as KING RICHARD II (Ben Whishaw) tries to resolve a bitter ... which reveals that AUMERLE is involved in a treasonous plot to kill KING HENRY. YORK leaves to warn the King but ...

How much do you know about Shakespeare’s play Richard III? This section takes you step by step through the play, helping you to identify key plot points. Richard III is a play about evil ...

Richard is an irresponsible king, who wastes his country's money and leases out land. After being banished by Richard, Henry Bolingbroke returns intent on taking back the land Richard seized after ...

RICHARD appeals for peace but soon realises ... over the letter which reveals that AUMERLE is involved in a treasonous plot to kill KING HENRY. YORK leaves to warn the King but the DUCHESS ...

Richard II is charismatic, eloquent and loved by his friends. And a disastrous King – dishonest, capricious and politically incompetent. Echoing down the centuries is the perennial problem ...