King Richard III – News
The “BBC History Magazine” has
“Richard III. Why Shakespeare made him a devil”
as main article in the current May 2012 issue.
In this article, “Paulina Kewes considers the sources that contributed to William Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard III“.
Unfortunately I have not been able so far to get hold of this article, so I only include the description of the article given on the magazine’s website.
Please comment and let us know your opinion about this article, if you already had a chance to read it. Thank you!
An interesting event about King Richard III, coming up in October 2012, is the symposium held by the Richard III Foundation in Market Bosworth (Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth).
(Early announcement here to allow to safe the date and to make comfortable travel arrangements!)
The Richard III Foundation, Inc.
presents
Richard III: Monarch and ManFriday, October 12, 2012
A walking tour of the battlefield with Mike Ingram will take place at 2 pm. We will meet at the Tithe Barn before we are taken to key locations. Tour is expected to last an hour.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Our symposium will be held at the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth. Registration begins at 8:30. The conference will begin at 9:00 am and will conclude at 5:00 pm. Our speakers and topics are:
- Dr. John Alban – “From Ashwellthorpe to Bosworth: a Yorkist Soldier”
- Robert Hardy (contingent on schedule)
- Dr. Craig Taylor—“Chivalry and the Wars of the Roses”
- Steve Goodchild— “The Arrival: The Role of Richard, Duke of Gloucester at Tewkesbury”
- Mike Ingram – “The Road to Bosworth”
- Mark Downing—”Military Effigies in the Yorkist Age”.
- Dr. David Hipshon— “The Princes: Contemporary Assumptions”?
- David Baldwin— “The Character of Richard III”
- Special presentation of Peter Algar’s new publication – “Dead Man’s Hill”.
To obtain a copy of the registration form, contact Mrs. Dorothy Davies, The Richard III Foundation, Inc., 32 Church Lane, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2NB or email her at dorothy2583@gmail.com or email us at Richard3Foundation@yahoo.com.
We also have prepared the registration form for download here (pdf-file).
King Richard III & Historians
The question about King Richard III and his fate in history for historians is not an easy one,
or better put:
it is a ‘history’ in itself and nothing to be mourned or which can possibly be changed.
How William Shakespeare saw King Richard III is a point of analysis, an entry point into a time long gone from a perspective and interpretative questions well embedded in the reasoning of our current time.
A very detailed and enlightening statement about King Richard III and the historical point of view today comes from a well known fan and – what much better describes her unique approach than ‘fan’ – analyst of Mr. Armitage’s effect on womankind,
Servetus – on her blog Me+RichardArmitage.
“richard + richard armitage”: Or, why I am not that kind of Ricardian
I hope you enjoy the arguments and comparison between historians, Ricardians and Mr. Armitage’s point of interest as much as I did.
I am very much looking forward to Servetus’ promised continuation of her deep research and analysis into the topic of King Richard III.
New Poll on KRA
This week, a new poll starts on the KingRichardArmitage website.
Our last poll about a comparison between King Richard III and Thorin Oakenshield, the role Mr. Armitage currently plays in “The Hobbit” production by Sir Peter Jackson, was very popular and got some surprising results.
On the CDoart-blog in this article are comments about the poll-results and their meaning for a possible connection between fantasy and history.
The new poll now is more about you and your reasons for supporting the filming petition.
I hope you have fun and enjoy taking part in the poll.
Thank you for all your support and interest!
(The poll will be available in the sidebar of the website together with a link to the poll-results on the poll-archive page.)
King Richard III on BBC Radio
In a Classic Serial about the Plantagenets, King Richard III was featured in the third part “Richard III – The Three Brothers” by Mike Walker on BBC Radio.
The third part of the Plantagenets still is available online for 4 days via this link: BBC Radio – Plantagenet – Series 3 (on iPlayer here)
What irritated me a bit is, that though the title is Richard III – The Three Brothers, a large part of the story is told from the perspective and with the imagined comments of the Queen to King Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville.
But appart from that, a lot of possible motives and interpretations of the historic events are mentioned, which are interesting to hear, though they bring no new aspects to the well trodden path of a ‘devilish King Richard III’.
Still, I recommend the entertaining audio play, which very cleverly shows a selection of the multitude of different interests, culminating in the events during King Edward IV’s reign and the final Battle at Bosworth. It also reaches to show King Richard III as an intelligent, talended man of his time and for once not the mean and envious hunchback.
Richard III – The Three Brothers
(3rd part in the Classics Plantagenet Serial)
[58 min]
Audio play written by Mike Walker
Queen Elizabeth (Nancy Carroll)
Edward 4th (Simon Bubb)
Richard 3rd (Carl Prekopp)
Clarence (Christopher Webster)
Margaret (Aimee Ffion Edwards)
Warwick (Gerard McDermott)
Stafford (Adam Billington)
Lewis (James Lailey)
Bishop (Paul Moriarty)
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko.
BBC Radio – Plantagenet – Series 3 (on iPlayer here)
<< 4 days left to listen ! >>
Petition for King Richard Armitage
Today’s planned article got delayed by a major discussion currently going on in the Richard Armitage fandom.
KingRichardArmitage 009 (Project Magazine) - Source: www.richardarmitagenet.com
As I (CDoart) was confronted with speculations about the legitimacy and basis for the petition for the film about “King Richard III”, I today want to write a bit about the reasons and background for founding this petition initiative.
As the discussion currently going on in fandom is about when fans are doing the actor they admire harm, I want to state that the petition had and still has one major goal, the support of Richard Armitage in his plans to do a film about “King Richard III”. This petition is created after long thoughts and discussions of how best to not harm the actor Richard Armitage in his career, any of his roles, his public or private life, his plans and his ability to get roles or gain financial backing for any of his plans, not only this certain filming project.
These were the reasons, why we chose to do a petition, as this way we state what we as supporters would like to have or reach,
without pressing any kind of way or solution or pre-defined outcome on the actor, who repeatedly has expressed his intention and plans to do a film about “King Richard III”.
So what we do does not press a new idea of our creation onto the actor, but supports his own plans and uttered wishes.
This is also the reason, why the petition does not intend to get involved in any kind of financial endeavour, as this may harm discussions with investors, contributors or otherwise plans for other projects of the actor. For another, we as fans and initiators of the petition are not a bank or do not want to take such a financial responsibility, which might give the whole endeavour the appearance of a money-making scheme. We trust that Mr. Armitage and his agents are able and knowledgeable to handle this matter in their branch much more effectively without our interference.
The support of the petition, showing there is already interest in the planned project, does no harm, but may provide further arguments to get the project on its way.
For me specially, the two leading motives to support and work for this petition are, that I as a historian would love to see a more realistic depiction of King Richard III’s life and times than there is so far available in Shakespeare’s film versions and, as a fan of Richard Armitage, I also would like to see him play a role he uttered interest in to play. In my opinion he would be ideal to give life to such a complex and important character as King Richard III, who is so very important for English history, but who’s positive influence is rather forgotten, compared to his supposed negative impact.
After stating these points, I, without hidden motives, can openly encourage you to show your support of a filming project
by signing our petition for
“King Richard III” by Mr. Armitage.
The form to sign the petition can be reached here.
We have over 700 supporters now and numbers are rising continuously.
Thank you for your wonderful support !
Impressions from the Towton Battlefield Event & Other News …
- First glimpses of the Towton Battlefield Event 2012 for all who could not attend:
Flickr-Album by Christopher Maudsley (shared on Facebook).
- To have a closer look at the preparations for the event on Palm Sunday, the Towton Battlefield Society has a photo album on Facebook showing the work and preparations necessary so that the event could take place.
- We surpassed 700 supporters ! Thank you for all your kind support and help with this petition for the filming of “King Richard III”!
(We accumulated over 70 unconfirmed petition signatures again, which are not counted in the total number. We will send out a reminder to confirm those signatures, tomorrow. In case you did not confirm your signature so far, please check your Junk- or Spam-mail filter, as automatically generated mails with a confirmation link sometimes can be filtered out and land there. Thank you!)
Towton Battlefield Event (April 1st, 2012) & News
<< Reminder for all around and near Towton >>
1st of April, on Palm-Sunday like the event in the year 1461 itself, the event organized by the Towton Battlefield Society commemorates this fateful battle between the Yorkists and Lancastrians.
The Towton Battlefield Society, presented here in this article on the KRA-website, prepared lots of activities for the whole family.
Hopefully the weather for the event will not match the one 551 years ago and we wish all participants a wonderful and enjoyable re-enactment of the Medieval times and this memorable battle.
Further News :
- Fly High! – Maria Grazia has a guest post by Judith Arnopp about
“King Richard III’s Queen: Anne Nevilee”
Hurry up to apply for the giveaway! (Entries possible via leaving a comment at the blogpost till 30th of March, 2012)
- New supporter of our petition Ms. Dianne Penn has a wonderful material and video collection about King Richard III on her Facebook page. Take a look and I am sure, if you are on Facebook, she would very much enjoy if you ‘like’ her page.
FanstRAvaganza – King Richard from Fan-Perspective
The FanstRAvaganza 3 is an event, dedicated to the actor Richard Armitage and also, to his fans. So the articles of the week contain,
- fan-art,
- fan-interviews,
- fan-showcases,
- fan-perspectives,
- and lots more …
(I think you get the idea of it.)
One special stream of articles, the KingRichardArmitage tagged team, was dedicated to our project to support Mr. Armitage in his wish to make a film about King Richard III.
The articles of the week contain individual fan-views on the historical background, the revealing of reasons, why they support the project or would like to see it realised. Each article has a fresh and unique approaches to King Richard III & Richard Armitage.
If you did not so far, give them a try and find out more about the supporters of the KingRichardArmitage-Project.
King Richard Armitage – Posts during the FanstRAvaganza 3 Week
Maria Grazia (Fly High!) – Richard III in Movies or why we want a new King Richard
Maria Grazia presents the state of film coverage about King Richard III and why a new film project is so urgently necessary.
IngeD3 (Crispin’s Eclipse) – Richard III a Biography
IngeD3 reviews the biography about King Richard III by Michael Hicks and read more about her conclusions in her article.
Fabo Laktuko (White Rose Writings) – If Richard Armitage is Richard III, who should play Anne Neville?
Fabo Laktuko goes ahead with the project and already asks the next question, who should play Anne Neville, the wife of King Richard?
Servetus (Me+Richard) – Lectures about King Richard III
Servetus shows, how urgently King Richard III wants an objective coverage, so that he even interferes during lectures.
Fitzg @Confessions (Judiang) – A Butt of Malmsey
Musings about, what roles Mr. Armitage could play, if he does not take the role of King Richard III himself.
CDoart (CDoart Blog) – Richard Armitage & Richard III
Why CDoart admires Mr. Armitage for his interest in King Richard III.
Jo Ann (Cerridwen Speaks) – King Richard’s Greatest Sin
Jo Ann analyses King Richard III as victim of the Tudor propaganda.
(The links to all the articles of the event are posted at the FanstRAvaganza 3 Index page.)
We hope, you have enjoyed this extraordinary FanstRAvaganza 3 event!
King Richard III and FanstRAvaganza 3
King Richard Armitage – Posts during the FanstRAvaganza 3 Week
March 12th, 2012: Maria Grazia (Fly High!) – Richard III in Movies or why we want a new King Richard
March 13th, 2012: IngeD3 (Crispin’s Eclipse) – Richard III a Biography
March 14th, 2012: Fabo Laktuko (White Rose Writings) – If Richard Armitage is Richard III, who should play Anne Neville?
March 15th, 2012: Servetus (Me+Richard) – Lectures about King Richard III
March 16th, 2012: Fitzg @Confessions (Judiang) – A Butt of Malmsey
March 17th, 2012: CDoart (CDoart Blog) – Richard Armitage & Richard III
March 18th, 2012: Jo Ann (Cerridwen Speaks) – King Richard’s Greatest Sin
To visit the complete Link-List of the FanstRAvaganza-KRA-posts, go to the: FanstRAvaganza KRA-Index
(The links to the articles of the event are posted at the FanstRAvaganza 3 Index page as soon as they become available.)
(During the week, the current placeholders of the articles here will be replaced by direct links to the King Richard-articles.)
We wish all readers and all participants of the even an enjoyable and extraordinary FanstRAvaganza 3!
2 Announcements: Scholarships & FanstRAvaganza
Scholarship & Research Grant
The Richard III Foundation has two programs, in which they support research and historical interest in the time of King Richard III:
The first, the “Richard III Foundation Scholarship for Medieval Studies“, is open for graduate students and those researching for a doctorate.
If you are a hobby researcher, local historian or independent scholar and do not meet the requirements for the first program, you can join in as well. The second program then is specially created for you.
The “John Davey Research Grant for Medieval Studies” has the goal to support and encourage historical interest beyond the institutionalised boundaries of historical research.
Applications can be handed in this year till 30th of June 2012.
To apply and get more details of the research grants, please send an e-mail to: R3FoundationScholarship@yahoo.com
FanstRAvaganza 3
In less than one week, on Monday, 12th of March 2012, the announced major fan-event around Richard Armitage will start.
King Richard has an own topic thread in the event and ‘tagged bloggers’ will post one article per day of the event during the FanstRAvaganza week.
We will have more information and the links to the articles on Monday, updated each day of the week.
If you want to see all participants and what is already going on, a full list of all articles can be found on the special FanstRAvaganza website.
Information about the event and articles will be available at:
Facebook page: FanstRAvaganza
Twitter account: @FanstRAvaganza
Twitter Hashtag: #FanstRA
The article index of the event 2012: FanstRAvaganza website
Contributions of last year’s event: FanstRAvaganza 2011
The KingRichardArmitage tagged blogger articles: FanstRAvaganza KRA
We wish you an interesting and enjoyable FanstRAvaganza event, starting on Monday, 12th of March till 18th of March 2012.
