Also liked Catesby more than I usually do. But maybe having seen so much in her live she was simply portrayed as having no more tears or emotion to share. I thought Judi Dench was somehow subdued in the role of Cecily. Cumberbatch, Sophie Okonedo, Ben Daniels, Keeley Hawes. The toned down visual violence in relation to HVI-2 let the text breath and poetry shone deliciously during the whole play, except obviously during the brief wordless fighting at the Bosworth battle, which I watched with eyes semi-wide shut (Blurworth battle). Contrary to what I was expecting from watching HVI-2, I was not on RIII side, simply because he revealed himself since the beginning as the unsavory character that he is. But in this case the delivery of the text in a naturalistic way worked very well. I loved everybody's acting, although I usually prefer more expressive iambic pentameters than those that were spoken. Tension mounting in my mind until the very end. From the first images to the final ones I felt inside the play, transported to every scene. Cumberbatch in HVI-2 was really good, so I was hopeful that he could carry RIII very well. Having seen the previous episode of the Hollow Crown (Henry VI part 2) and disliked it very much, I had to steel myself to be able to put behind in my mind the haunting images endured in HVI-2. Excellent adaptation of Richard III with Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role.
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