A Voice for King Richard III
November 29th at 2pm GMT
£7 In-Person at the King Richard III Visitor Centre
£7 On-Line via Zoom
History reimagined. The facial avatar of King Richard III speaking in the authentic pronunciation of his time.
1483 to 1485 Richard III ruled England. His reign ended at Bosworth Field with the fall of the House of York and the end of the Plantagenet line. In November 2024 York’s Theatre Royal was the stage for a lifelike digital reconstruction of King Richard’s face speaking in his Original Pronunciation.
The decade-long project blended art, science, history and technology in a pioneering collaboration that involved experts in cranio-facial reconstruction, linguistics, forensic psychology, CGI and motion capture. The result sparked global media attention and fresh debate over the King’s true character. This year King Richard’s facial avatar and voice have been recreated once again to speak his personal prayer.
A permanent exhibition will be installed at Leicester’s King Richard III Visitor Centre.