It will stream free on CBC Gem and broadcast in AugustStratford Festival's 2022 production of Richard III has been picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. “Shakespeare’s work is very cinematic in its structure and this play, with its ruthless, cunning and charismatic protagonist, translates brilliantly to the big screen,” says Cimolino. “When you combine the brilliant and iconic Shakespeare prose with the unbridled power of Colm Feore, the result is pure cinematic bliss,” says Avrich, who is also the producer of the film. “The historical Richard, like Shakespeare’s tyrant,” says Cimolino, “was defeated and killed. The text of Richard III is an example of that manipulation.
