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Shakespeare - "Richard III" THE MOVIE

Thursday, August 10 AT 6:30pm

Thursday, August 10 AT 6:30pm

Shakespeare's Richard III
Join us on August 17 at 7pm for a discussion of the play with Dr. David Turk.

Shakespeare's immortal tale of ambition, lust and murderous treachery is brilliantly updated and brought to life in this riveting, 20th-century masterpiece.

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In 1930s Britain, a savage, civil war between two royal families has just concluded. But even as the newly installed King Edward (John Wood) takes the reins of power, his ruthless, younger brother Richard (Ian McKellen) sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the crown for himself.

Enlisting the aid of equally duplicitous allies in the court, Richard embarks on a merciless, single-minded campaign of betrayal, seduction and cold-blooded murder to achieve the goal that has obsessed him all of his tortured life: to be king...at any price.

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Rated: R
104 minutes

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