Tobacco Factory, BristolRichard III should probably thank Shakespeare. The playwright may have destroyed his reputation but, in doing so, he ensured the last Plantagenet lived on in the popular imagination. If the remains of a good, dull king had been dug up in a Leicester car park, we wouldn't have cared. Richard's enduring appeal lies in how Shakespeare has him play to the gallery " and makes the audience comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PM on February 21, 2013