Event Cinema: "Richard III"
Ralph Fiennes stars as Shakespeare’s most treacherous monarch, a villain you love to hate, with Vanessa Redgrave opposite as his nemesis Queen Margaret.
“Ralph Fiennes is chilling as Shakespeare’s Richard III.” The Evening Standard
Sly and brutal in equal measure, Shakespeare’s despised monarch is the gold standard for political villains you love to hate—Frank Underwood and his house of cards have nothing on Richard III. War-torn England is reeling after years of bitter conflict. King Edward is ailing, and as political unrest begins to stir once more, Edward’s brother Richard (Ralph Fiennes)—vicious in war, despised in peacetime—awaits the opportunity to seize his brother’s crown. Through the malevolent Richard, Shakespeare examines the all-consuming nature of the desire for power amid a society riddled by conflict. Vanessa Redgrave co-stars as Queen Margaret in Rupert Goold’s searing new production, which hones a microscopic focus on the mythology surrounding a monarch whose machinations are inextricably woven into the fabric of British history. Approx. 210m
