![]() ![]() ![]() The incredible transformation of the former Alderman Newton’s School, located right next to the spot where the king’s remains were found, was completed in record time and the King Richard III Visitor Centre opened its doors to the public on 26 July 2014. It saw the RSC actor and director take part in a Guided Tour of the historic Visitor Centre, which was purchased from an old school building by Leicester City Council in 2012 to tell the story of the remarkable search for – and at that point unconfirmed discovery of – King Richard III. The visit took place on 31 August 2022, ten years to the day since the University of Leicester Archaeological services applied for permission to exhume human remains from the Greyfriars dig site. In the year that marks the 10 th anniversary of the discovery of the skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park, which was later confirmed as that of English king Richard III, Arthur Hughes (currently playing the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Richard III) and Director Gregory Doran paid a visit to the King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester to rediscover the man behind one of Shakespeare’s most notorious ‘villains’. RSC MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SKELETON OF RICHARD III IN LEICESTER ![]()
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