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Among Shakespeare directors, it is a common practice to contextualize his plays by placing them within the confounds of a particular country and decade. This serves to communicate the story for those who don’t understand the difficult language in which Shakespeare wrote. In Richard Locraine’s 1995 production of Richard III, he adapts the play to film by placing it in the context of Nazi Germany. Upon examining the opening monologue of Richard III, spoken by the man himself, we can see evidence of Locraine’s foreground for his film. The play opens with Richard of Gloucester, alone on stage. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums chang’d to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful