![]() While Hughes is bringing his lived experience to the role like few actors before him, he is also keenly aware of the play’s wider contemporary relevance. Richard – whose disability is not specified but is described in the play as having a limp, a withered arm and being "bunchback'd" – is one of literature's most famous disabled characters, but has only rarely been played by disabled actors. However, in the UK a production is currently running that is considered a landmark in the history of the role: it is the first time the 61-year-old Royal Shakespeare Company has cast a disabled actor as lead in the play. ![]() – When will disabled people get the stories they deserve? – The Shakespeare tragedy that speaks to us now ![]() ![]() It's a role that has been tackled by famous actors from Laurence Olivier to Denzel Washington, with Black Panther star Danai Gurira the latest high-profile figure to take the role on the New York stage. Richard III has long been a figure of fascination – inspiring the play that remains one of William Shakespeare's most performed works on stage and screen, regularly staged on both sides of the Atlantic. ![]()
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