#richard iii laurence olivier

[maudeboggins]

Claire Bloom as Anne Neville in Richard III (1955)

[theboarsbride]

𝔑𝔬𝔴 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔣 𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔱...🌹🗡🐗

Heehee I polished this up a bit... "Richard III" but give it Gothic horror/dark fantasy vibes a la Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber."😳🤭

-Also Laurence Olivier's film version of the character is so scrunkly and wretched, he is babygirl and I love himb.

[shakespearenews]

Some of the stories Gambon told may not be exactly true. An incorrigible prankster on stage, he was an inveterate fibber, especially when a reporter’s ears were flapping. Did he actually affront Laurence Olivier in his Old Vic audition by doing one of the star’s famous speeches from Richard III and then slicing his hand open on a pillar? Maybe. Did he fire a water pistol at his fellow actors? Seems so. Did he really lose his temper at an underpopulated matinee of Uncle Vanya, after spotting a front-row punter unashamedly working on an oil painting of co-star Greta Scacchi? And did he then hoist up a samovar brimming with water, lumber to the front of the stage and hurl it at him, drenching both painter and canvas? We can but hope.

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Tears erupted mid-speech in Skylight; in both Uncle Vanya and Tales from Hollywood, he suddenly collapsed, felled like a tree in a lightning storm. Gambon carried a pebble in his pocket throughout his performances of Lear, he told Gussow, because its solid touch grounded him. Vocally and physically he was a magnified presence – yet somehow, in tales of grief and fury and sheer bewilderment at life’s cruel games, he made that presence feel life-sized.

[flashbcaks]

Incorrect Richard III, edits by me

[mydarlingstarling]

now tell me why he did all this……… slay of course

[nyctinasti]

(x)

[deepwhisperchaos]

I never thought that Richard III could be weirdly hot. But here we are now, thirsting over another miserable man of very questionable morals

[rwpohl]

richard III, laurence olivier 1955

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

The Men of September

Richard III / Laurence Olivier as King Richard III

Richard wears this ermine-trimmed finery around court after successfully wooing Lady Anne, right after the line "Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, / That I may see my shadow as I pass." The suggestion is that he is so vain since his romantic success that he's become a bit of a dandy!

Notice his symbol of a white boar on the backs of the gloves.

[spookumsandmonsters]

The defeat of Richard III (Laurence Olivier, 1955)

[silentverity]

Started watching the Olivier Richard III and I was beginning to wonder if the original Garbage Stinkman was the right kind of sicko for tumblr to have previously obsessed over. I guess there was a Cumberbatch adaptation at some point so I'd understand if that puts it off limits.

[theboarsbride]

Richard III but give it that Tudor era aesthetic a gothic (lowkey fantasy) vibe.

[offendingnoone]

Hello Tumblr!

Every few years I get back into Shakespeare from different perspectives.. recently ive enjoyed big Laurence Olivier in Richard III.

His delivery had me re reading the text and appreciating the rhythm and excellent wordage.

Tempted to learn the play by memory but that may be a manic phase kicking in!

Either way,

Be Well!

[mydarlingstarling]

“Now, my lord, what shall we do if we perceive that the Lord Hastings will not yield to our complots?”

“Chop off his head, man”

Laurence Olivier as Richard III engaging in prime babygirl behaviors

[nyctinasti]

Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson in Richard III, 1955 (x)

[deepwhisperchaos]

I just want to say, how much I love costumes in this adaptation. A person, who was responsible for clothing design, was Margaret Furse, who actually took part in the production of many other historical dramas before and after "Richard III". Well, she did a wonderful job. The costumes displayed in their great variety are very colourful and full of details and, as far as I know, quite accurate, regarding time period.