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Monday
Feb042013
It *is* Richard III
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 08:17PM A couple of months ago, I wrote that they seemed to have found Richard III's body under a parking lot in Leicester.
Well, now it's official. It's him. Odd to think that he was only 33 when he died. Olivier played him at 48, McKellen at 55. Time to have him played by a younger actor--though who would have the heft?
This will give some impetus to the rerelease of Olivier's Technicolor drag-king fever dream Richard III, which I remember being fascinated by on late-night TV when I was in high school. "Hey, I actually like this," I remember thinking. "Maybe I am an intellectual after all."
Reader Comments (4)
Heath Ledger could have done it, having already done a credible Petruchio in "10 Things I Hate About You" at age 20. Not to be, though.
Cumberbatch!
Is the Bad Day on Boscobel set in the Boscobel of 'Carve the Sky'?
Yes, that is the same Boscobel.
Sweet! Now I just have to figure out how to get The Other Half of the Sky in Bermuda ...