Friday, February 8, 2013

Theater Company Takes Richard III Back to the Parking Lot

It's official: the human remains found under a parking lot in Leicester, England, belong to Richard III. That's the word from University of Leicester archaeologists, who on Feb. 4 said that DNA evidence, radiocarbon dating, and

Richard III has only just extricated himself from ignominious burial under an English parking lot. But if a Manhattan theater troupe has its way, to the parking lot he will return, at least temporarily. The Drilling Company has announced that

The Shakespeare factor: The bard portrayed Richard III as one of the wickedest characters in English literature, launching his play with the now immortal line, "Now is the winter of our discontent/Made glorious summer by the sun of York." Students

17 in the parking lot at Ludlow and Broome streets on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Says director Hamilton Clancy: "We have known for a long time that parking lots and Shakespeare were connected. Our intention is to bring Richard III back to life in a

It's official: the human remains found under a parking lot in Leicester, England, belong to Richard III. That's the word from University of Leicester archaeologists, who on Feb. 4 said that DNA evidence, radiocarbon dating, and

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