William Shakespeare’s play ‘Richard III’ illustrates how a power-hungry monarch can attain the throne at the expense of civil society.

A dynamic performance by DeRod Taylor imbues the title character with a villainous charm that quickly wins over the audience before the inevitable — and emotionally satisfying — conclusion.

The artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has confirmed she will play Richard III in a new summer production ... of Richard and his self-titled ‘deformity’,” the statement read.

The barrister later said that Mr Taylor was portrayed as “mocking” Richard III’s disability and “linking physical deformity with wickedness or moral failings”. Mr Bennett continued ...

In Richard III, Shakespeare sometimes uses rhyme to ... Margaret is being characteristically rude about Richard’s hunched and rounded deformity. He is the bottle-shaped or swollen 'spider ...