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Richard III
Also known as {Richard the Third}
(1911) England
B&W : Two reels / 1385 feet
Directed by Will Barker

Cast: Frank Benson [Richard, Duke of Gloucester / King Richard III], Constance Benson [Lady Anne], James Berry [King Henry VI], Alfred Brydone [King Edward IV], Violet Farebrother [Queen Elizabeth], Elinor Aickin [Duchess of York], Kathleen Yorke [Edward, Prince of Wales / King Edward V], Hetty Kenyon [Richard, Duke of York], Eric Maxon [Henry, Earl of Richmond / King Henry VII], Moffat Johnston [Duke of Buckingham], Murray Carrington [George, Duke of Clarence], James MacLean [Duke of Norfolk], Victor McClure [Earl of Surrey, his son], R.I. Conrick [Earl Rivers], George Manship [Earl of Oxford], Harry Caine [Lord Hastings], Wilfred Caithness [Lord Stanley], L. Rupert [Sir Richard Ratcliff], H. James [Sir James Tyrrel], Alfred Wild [Sir William Catesby], Cecil Dighton [Sir James Blount], John Howell [Sir Robert Brackenbury], J. Victor [Lord Mayor of London], H.O. Nicholson [the first murderer], A. Wild ([?] Alfred Wild?) [the second murderer]

Co-operative Cinematograph Company production. / From the play The Life and Death of Richard III by William Shakespeare. Cinematography by Will Barker. / Released May 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Farebrother’s film debut. [?] An unknown source lists the film as a Bulldog production. [?] Warren-British p. ? lists this as a F.R. Benson Company production. [?] Ball-Shakespeare p. 322 lists this as a Co-operative production, and is the accepted production company according to BFI.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - Royalty: Kings

Listing updated: 19 December 2023.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 84-88, 128c, 322-323, 389; Warren-British p. ? : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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