RICHARD III ACT 1

Posted October 9, 2014 * Comments(3)

I was doing some research about Richard III and realized that his birthday is on October 2nd. So then I was thinking about what it would be like if Richard had managed to live over 500 years and was still around yelling at people, and stumbled upon this video simulation of Richard III delivering his first speech from Shakespeare’s play. It actually might be the creepiest thing I’ve seen in my entire life but it’s cool to get a context for what to imagine while reading the play.

As Act 1 progresses we see more and more of Richard’s horrible character shine through, which is kind of like the way his speech is delivered in this video. He starts normally and ends up screaming at the camera.

3 Comments so far

  1. Medina Lukolic on November 21st, 2014

    Haha! This is actually really funny and yet so creepy at the same time.

    -Medina

  2. Brian Boggio on December 8th, 2014

    This is the thing about the Histories – there’s a kind of disconnect between the events on the page, and the realities that played out through history. That is – especially in Richard III’s case – the plot is so fantastical that it comes as somewhat of a shock when you remember that it’s all based on real people. That might be why this video is so shocking, besides the whole dead king screaming thing. Shakespeare’s language is also so distinct, but could we ever imagine anyone ever saying such things in real life? It makes you think about the level of artistic licenses Shakespeare took when writing these plays. What’s real, and what’s imagination?

  3. George Lam on December 18th, 2014

    It’s interesting to see how different he looks compared to the way he is described in the text.