The many versions of Richard III: from Shakespeare to Game of Thrones

Writers have been plundering the last Plantagenet king for varied ends over more than 400 years, his likeness turning up in fantasy, comedy and political thrillers

Figuratively speaking, writers have been digging up Richard III and setting what they make of him before the public for more than four centuries. While some were inspired by the play Shakespeare wrote 100 years after Richard’s death, others have been drawn to the historical figure, who was reburied in Leicester this morning.

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