Richard II & Richard III: Shakespeare's Version

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Sep 25, 202656:37Society & Culture

Did Shakespeare shape the way we remember England's Plantagenet kings more than history itself? How much of his plays Richard II and Richard III are fact, fiction, or Tudor propaganda? Professor Emma Smith joins Matt Lew...

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