I saw this movie years ago and I suppose now is a great time to share it with all of you. Â đ Â Any way, here is the 1955 film, Richard III, based on William Shakespeare’s play and directed by Sir Laurence Olivier. The film stars Mr. Ralph Richardson, Ms. Claire Bloom, Mr. Cedric Hardwicke, and of course, Sir Laurence Olivier.
Or, you can watch this production — again based on William Shakespeare’s play — directed by Ms. Jane Howell.
And, something else special.
In English.
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1971 starring Vanessa Redgrave as Mary Stuart and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I of England.
“Young Catherine (1991). A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.”
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934).
Here is the third installment from the BBC One documentary series, The Queen’s Palaces. This segment focuses on Holyroodhouse in Scotland.
Britain’s least well-known royal palace and yet probably the most romantic, Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse sits in the shadow of the dormant volcano Arthur’s Seat.
It is also one of Britain’s smallest palaces and yet events at Holyrood have determined the fate of three countries – England, France and Scotland. It was also the last place where a royal prince challenged the right of an English king to sit on the throne.Fiona Bruce discovers remarkable objects from the Royal Collection that are intimately bound to the Palace’s turbulent history – from the spectacular Darnley Jewel with its many hidden messages to the cat-and-mouse needlework of a doomed queen.
The Royal Correspondent 