Cultural Depictions of Edward IV of England - Film and Television

Film and Television

Edward has been played on film and television by:

Alfred Brydone in the silent short Richard III (1911), dramatising a part of Shakespeare's play
Robert Gemp in the silent Shakespeare adaptation Richard III (1912)
Roy Travers in the silent film Jane Shore (1915), an adaptation of the play The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe
Ian Hunter in Tower of London (1939), a horror film loosely dramatising the rise to power of Richard III
Cedric Hardwicke in Richard III, with Laurence Olivier
Julian Glover in the BBC series An Age of Kings (1960), which contained all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III
Justice Watson in the remake of Tower of London (1962)
Benno Sterzenbach in the West German TV version of Shakespeare's play König Richard III (1964)
József Gáti in III. Richárd (1973), a Hungarian version of the Shakespeare play
Brian Protheroe in the BBC Shakespeare versions of Henry VI, Part 2, Henry VI, Part 3 and The Tragedy of Richard the Third (1983)
Marc Betton in a French film version of Richard III (1986)
Roy Dotrice in the BBC series The Wars of the Roses (1989), which included all of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
John Wood in Richard III (1995), with Ian McKellen as Richard
Harris Yulin in the film documentary Looking for Richard (1996)
John Rackham in Richard III (2005), a modernised version set on a Brighton housing estate
Walter Williamson in Richard III (2007), a modern day version
Max Irons in The White Queen (2013), tv series

Cultural depictions of English and British monarchs

Kingdom of the English	Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Athelstan the Glorious1 Edmund the Magnificent1 Eadred1 Eadwig the Fair1 Edgar the Peaceable1 Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Forkbeard Edmund Ironside Cnut1 Harold Harefoot Harthacnut Edward the Confessor Harold Godwinson Edgar the Ætheling

Kingdom of England	William I William II Henry I Stephen Matilda Henry II2 Henry the Young King Richard I John2 Henry III2 Edward I2 Edward II2 Edward III2 Richard II2 Henry IV2 Henry V2 Henry VI2 Edward IV2 Edward V2 Richard III2 Henry VII2 Henry VIII2 Edward VI2 Jane2 Mary I2 Philip2 Elizabeth I 2 James I3 Charles I3

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland	Oliver Cromwell4 Richard Cromwell4

Kingdom of England	Charles II3 James II3 William III and Mary II3 Anne3

Kingdom of Scotland	Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I (II) Áed Giric Eochaid Donald II Constantine II (III) Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III (IV) Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Canmore Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I the Lion Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I James VI 5 Charles I5 Charles II5 James VII5 Mary II5 William II5 Anne5

British monarchs after the Acts of Union 1707	Anne George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II

1Overlord of Britain. 2Also ruler of Ireland. 3Also ruler of Scotland. 4Lord Protector. 5Also ruler of England. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.

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