And, he is right.
The American actors struggle to make sense of the play. Among themselves they discuss and argue; they ask advice and opinions from British and U.S. citizens; they confer with academic and Shakespearian "experts" all the while the Duke of Gloucester, scheming with an imaginary audience, decides to have King Edward imprison their brother, George, and in due time, he dispatches killers, hit men, to kill the imprisoned brother.
Soon after, King Edward dies. The rightful heir to the throne is the older of Edward's two sons, both children. Richard will see to it that they never reach the castle where their mother awaits them. He has Buckingham kidnap them, and they are imprisoned in a tower on route to the castle where Richard plans to execute them after his coronation but not before turning the lords and dukes against King Edward's closest friend and the most respected of the King's court, Lord Hastings. Like the King's widow, dismissed as a hysterical woman, Hastings knows proper court procedure. So he must be executed.
What principles motivate this man Richard? But before Hastings can answer his own question for the benefit of the lords and dukes, Richard charges him with disloyalty.
Follow me, if you love me! Or be an enemy to the state!
As for the obvious reality of two sons of King Edward--a solution! They are bastards--not true inheritors. Lucky for England and the people Richard discovered this treachery and potential corruption in time! And Richard's sidekick, Lord Buckingham winks and relays this narrative to "the people." Let's thank the Duke of Gloucester--and better yet, crown him King!
This production is a documentary, the production of a play on film, and so Pacino, the actor says: "The path is clear for Buckingham and Richard" All that is left is to win the people."
What say the citizens, asks Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, played by actor Al Pacino.
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