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The Lost King – Found
Happy birthday, King Richard III!
The 570th birthday of the King of England is a cause to celebrate and Philippa Langley, well known on our website, gave him a wonderful birthday present, a film about his difficult discovery and rescue from certain desctruction.
For a long while, I have kept silent about the upcoming film, as I have been overly busy lately. But also, because some of the reports and discussions about it just were not noteworthy – and that includes articles from some of the main newspapers. Big does not necessarily mean quality. And that also is the result of this whole discovery about King Richard III.
But other news just activated my gag reflex. The whole absurdity mirrored in a myriade of Google alerts about the discussion, if Richard III on stage now should only be played by handicapped actors, did not help me get through the plethora of nonsensical news-alerts. Whyever they are called ‘actors’ and not ‘be-ers’ must have been an error in naming the profession. Or do I have to presume now, that criminals in films now actually need to be … -Well, they might be and we just don’t know yet. Perhaps Richard Armitage could clarify that once in a while? No pressure, just right out curiosity of how such an absurd discussion could go on for so long and over so many annoying articles, that they fill my e-mail accounts to the brim ;o)
Regarding “The Lost King”, various articles show that the established institutions now feel left out and not cherished enough by this film. But seeing the struggles Philippa Langley had to overcome, to get them on board to bring in their expertise and how difficult it was to aggregate enough backing and sponsoring, to get them to work at all and not discourage her in her efforts, deserves more appreciation than just one film.
She is certainly in our hall of fame here on our website together with Dr. John Ashdown-Hill!
For a change, the following article in “History Extra” for once shows the struggles of Philippa Langley, though it only mentions a small part of the long ordeal she had to go through, to follow her mission to find King Richard III:
“Rediscovering Richard III: the story of identifying a lost king” by Mike Pitts (History Extra, 30.09.2022, Published before in “BBC History Magazine”, issue October 2022).
As a further information, I found this interview about the making of “The Lost King” with director Stephen Frears and co-star and -writer Steve Coogan:
The screening in cinemas should begin on October 7th, 2022, so keep a look out for an opportunity to watch the film in your area.
Unfortunately, I am in an area where I have no idea when and how I will be able to get hold of the film and see it for myself any time soon.
So for now, I can only wish you lots of enjoyment with the film and hope it will be easily available and accessible where you are.
Further noteworthy links:
- About an exhibition in London: New Richard III exhibition at The Wallace Collection, (Medievalists.net, 2022/09)
- Direct link to The Wallace Collection, London with the exhibition “The Lost King” (7. September 2022 – 8. Janaury 2023)
Did Richard III actually save the boy king he’s accused of killing?
Royal Central (December 29, 2021)
Did Richard III actually save the boy king he’s accused of killing? by Lydia Starbuck –
Was King Richard a murderous psychopath or a holier than holy king, who ruled for the benefit of his people? The search for answers occupies historians and researchers and debates are fought heatedly. What a nice change it is, to find new thought-provoking input into this long-lasting debate.
Philippa Langley, the central figure in finding King Richard III in the carpark in Leicester, has a new theory and clues of what happened to Prince Edward, who would have become King Edward V, if fate had not interfered, and whom King Richard III supposedly had killed.
Can new evidence clear the name of Richard III?
Darlington & Stockton Times (January 8, 2022)
Can new evidence clear the name of Richard III? by Chris Lloyd –
Philippa Langley is active again and has a very detailed theory what happened to the nephews of King Richard III. And for once, he is not supposed to have killed them, but rather some historic evidence gives hints at a completely different fate.
Steve Coogan and Stephen Frears to collaborate on The Lost King
Film-News.co.uk (September 11, 2020)
Steve Coogan and Stephen Frears to collaborate on The Lost King –
Steve Coogan, Stephen Frears and screenwriter Jeff Pope will work together on “The Lost King”, the comedy-drama about the search for King Richard III by Philippa Langley, which is planned to start filming in Spring 2021.
News – New Film About the Search for King Richard III
British actor, comedian, writer and producer Steve Coogan just confirmed to the BBC (04.09.2020), that a film about the ‘Search for King Richard III’ will start filming in the year 2021.
Mr. Coogan also revealed, that he will be playing Philippa Langley‘s husband in the planned film.
Ms. Philippa Langley’s role for the discovery of King Richard III in the former church ground in Leicester together with the research done by Dr. John Ashdown Hill (†) was essential for the discovery, which for so long had been deemed impossible. Their persistence and research had made this ground-breaking discovery possible.
And so I am very happy that a film is now planned to show their long and exhausting efforts and hard way to this phenomenal success.
Congratulations, Philippa Langley !
Steve Coogan confirms Richard III movie ‘next year’
BBC.com (April 9, 2020)
Steve Coogan confirms Richard III movie ‘next year’ by BBC East Midlands –
Ms. Philippa Langley and her efforts to search for the remains of King Richard III now will get recognised in a film, which is intended to start filming in 2021.
Mr. Steve Coogan will play Ms. Langley’s husband in the planned film.
Fundraiser Event in York for King Richard’s Voice
For all near and in available distance to York, the project “A Voice For Richard” has a special fundraising event in the Friargate Theatre on Saturday, 27th April 2019.
Time: 10:00 – 16:30 (9:30 a.m. registration)
We already informed you about this fascinating endeavor to reconstrue King Richard III’s voice in our last article: To Hear the Dead King Speak
But with the fascinating participants to the program for this event, we wanted to go into more detail and let you know about the contributors of this event and project:
- Philippa Langley, one of the main initiators of the search for King Richard III in Leicester and well known on our website, will give an overview of “Playing Richard – How Richard III has been played on stage and on screen“.
- Yvonne Morley-Chrisholm, Voice & Text coach and specialising in vocal profiling, as well as initiator of the “A Voice for Richard” project, together with Tim Charrington, Accent and Dialect specialist, will explain “Pronunciation and personality” and give an introduction into building King Richard III vocal profile.
More details and the full program of the day here in this pdf-file. A registration form can be downloaded here.
| Date: | 27th April 2019 |
| Time: | 10:00 – 16:00 (9:30 a.m. for registration) |
| Location: | Friargate TheatreLower FriargateYorkYO1 9SLU.K. |
| Costs: | £ 25 per Person (includes teas and coffees).Additional £ 7 for picnic lunch if required. |
| Tickets & Enquiries: | A Voice for Richard28, Hanworth RoadHamptonMiddlesex.TW12 3DLE-mail: yvonne@yourvoicebox.co.ukTel.: +44 (0) 77 14 66 19 39 |
The Princes in the Tower: Will the ultimate cold case finally be solved after more than 500 years?
The Independent (August 21, 2015)
The Princes in the Tower: Will the ultimate cold case finally be solved after more than 500 years? by Paul Gallagher –
Philippa Langley, the leading lady in the search for King Richard III, now continues with her research and diggs into the historical sources about the Princes in the Tower.
Professional cold case investigators now take over where historians failed for centuries. New, so far closed archives are opened for investigation and material is carried together all over Europe to make the progress of this new research effort interesting to watch.
A historian gave the most British look of despair when someone screwed up Richard III’s birthday at his reburial
The Independent (March 27, 2015)
A historian gave the most British look of despair when someone screwed up Richard III’s birthday at his reburial by Christopher Hooton –
So much effort was undertaken for the re-burial of King Richard III. Still they got King Richard III’s birthday wrong in his eulogy in Leicester Cathedral.
Here a quite understandable reaction by Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, who did such extensive research about King Richard III and who enabled the finding of the grave, to be embarassed that even such a basic fact about the king was ignored.
In the debate about the finding of King Richard III, it certainly does not help, that some try to make fun of the historian Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, who did the necessary background research to enable the find. The University of Leicester, pressed into the research, did not find the king. They only provided the research equipment, personnel and know-how for coping with the search results, but not the necessary optimism, the belief, the pre-determined area where to dig and the enormous work to achieve the acceptance by the authorities to allow the dig in those areas that was necessary that the king could be found. Without Dr. John Ashdown-Hill’s pre-research and Philippa Langley, the king would have remaind where he was for over 500 years. To ignore that fact is to ignore the real circumstances of the search.
Happy Birthday & Quiz Winners Revealed !
Happy Birthday, King Richard III !
To be exact, happy 562. birthday !
KRA has no real birthday present for King Richard III, but we have three wonderful presents for our three
KRA-Champions 2014,
who won the KRA Quiz 2014:
The prices for our winners are:
- “Finding Richard III: The Official Account“, by Annette Carson, Philippa Langley, Dr. Ashdown-Hill (Pb)
- “Richard III: A Small Guide to the Great Debate” by Annette Carson (Pb)
- “The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III“, by Philippa Langley, Michael Jones (Pb)
Our three winners and this year’s King Richard Armitage – Champions are:
- Iwona
- Janet Slocombe
- Andrea Castano
And they really are champions.
I admit, the quiz was hard this year, really hard.
So again this year, the selection of the winners was a point decision.
Still, I hope you all had fun answering the trick- and not so tricky questions.
The solution-page unfortunately was accumulated in a bit of a rush, as I had an overly hectic month of September, but I will try to extend it with more details and background information.
