Cultural depictions of Edward IV of England

Edward IV of England has been depicted in popular culture a number of times.

Literature

Edward IV features as a character in:

The plays Henry VI, Part 2, Henry VI, Part 3, and Richard III, by William Shakespeare. In the 1955 film Richard III, Richard directly hastens Edward's death, by informing the already ailing king that one of his brothers, George, Duke of Clarence is dead (Edward had revoked the order for Clarence's exceution, but Richard has had Clarence secretly murdered).
The plays King Edward IV, Part 1 and King Edward IV, Part 2, by Thomas Heywood, a contemporary of Shakespeare's.
The Innocent, The Exiled and The Beloved (released as The Uncrowned Queen) by Australian novelist, Posie Graeme-Evans
The Raven and the Rose, by Virginia Henley (a fictional illegitimate child of Edward IV is the main character)
The Sunne in Splendour, by Sharon Kay Penman (a historical fiction novel about the life of Richard III)
We Speak No Treason, by Rosemary Hawley Jarman (a historical fiction novel about Richard III as Duke of Gloucester)
The Founding, Volume 1 of The Morland Dynasty, a series of historical novels by author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles.
Sovereign, by C. J. Sansom (Fictional account set in 1541 England. Edward IV is actually the son of a Kentish archer.)
The Reluctant Queen, by Jean Plaidy (a historical fiction novel from the point of view of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III)
The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory (a historical fiction novel from the point of view of Edward's wife, Elizabeth Woodville)
Knight Errant, Lady Robyn, and White Rose, a trilogy by R. Garcia y Robertson (Edward, Earl of March, falls in love with a woman who is a time-traveler from 21st century America)
The Kings Grace by Anne Easter Smith (Fictional portrayal of Edward's illegitimate daughter Grace)
House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine (Ghost story about a mansion that is haunted by the spirit of Edward IV among others)
Thwarted Queen by Cynthia Sally Haggard (A fictionalized biography of his mother Cecily Neville)
'The Goldsmith's Wife' by Jean Plaidy (A fictionalized story of his mistress Jane Shore)
'The Red Rose of Anjou' by Jean Plaidy (The life of queen Margaret of Anjou)
'Daughter of York' by Anne Easter Smith ( The fictionalized story of his sister Margaret)
'Royal Mistress' by Anne Easter Smith (The story of his mistress Jane Shore)
'Mistress to the Crown' by Isolde Martyn (The story of his mistress Jane Shore)
The Assassin's Wife by Moonyeen Blakey (Describes Edward's relationship with Eleanor Butler)
The Sun in Splendour by Jean Plaidy (A fictionalized story about Edward IV life)
Queen of Trial and Sorrow by Susan Appleyard (The story of Elizabeth Woodville)

Film and television

Edward has been played on film and television by:

Alfred Brydone in the silent short Richard III (1911), dramatising a part of Shakespeare's play
Robert Gemp in the silent Shakespeare adaptation Richard III (1912)
Roy Travers in the silent film Jane Shore (1915), an adaptation of the play The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe
Ian Hunter in Tower of London (1939), a horror film loosely dramatising the rise to power of Richard III
Cedric Hardwicke in Richard III, with Laurence Olivier. (Hardwicke was 62; Edward died at 40.)
Julian Glover in the BBC series An Age of Kings (1960), which contained all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III
Justice Watson in the remake of Tower of London (1962)
Benno Sterzenbach in the West German TV version of Shakespeare's play König Richard III (1964)
József Gáti in III. Richárd (1973), a Hungarian version of the Shakespeare play
Brian Protheroe in the BBC Shakespeare versions of Henry VI, Part 2, Henry VI, Part 3 and The Tragedy of Richard the Third (1983)
Marc Betton in a French film version of Richard III (1986)
Roy Dotrice in the BBC series The Wars of the Roses (1989), which included all of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
John Wood in Richard III (1995), with Ian McKellen as Richard
Harris Yulin in the film documentary Looking for Richard (1996)
John Rackham in Richard III (2005), a modernised version set on a Brighton housing estate
Walter Williamson in Richard III (2007), a modern day version
Max Irons in the BBC drama series The White Queen (2013)

Cultural depictions of English and British monarchs

Kingdom of the English 886–1066	Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Athelstan the Glorious¹ Edmund the Magnificent¹ Eadred¹ Eadwig the Fair¹ Edgar the Peaceable¹ Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Forkbeard Edmund Ironside Cnut¹ Harold Harefoot Harthacnut Edward the Confessor Harold Godwinson Edgar the Ætheling

Kingdom of England 1066–1649	William I William II Henry I Stephen Matilda Henry II² Henry the Young King Richard I John² Henry III² Edward I² Edward II² Edward III² Richard II² Henry IV² Henry V² Henry VI² Edward IV² Edward V² Richard III² Henry VII² Henry VIII² Edward VI² Jane² Mary I² with Philip² Elizabeth I ² James I³ Charles I³

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–1659	Oliver Cromwell⁴ Richard Cromwell⁴

Kingdom of England 1660–1707	Charles II³ James II³ William III and Mary II³ Anne³

Kingdom of Scotland 843–1707 (traditional)	Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I (II) Áed Giric Eochaid Donald II Constantine II (III) Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III (IV) Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Canmore Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I the Lion Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I James VI ⁵ Charles I⁵ Charles II⁵ James VII⁵ Mary II⁵ William II⁵ Anne⁵

British monarchs after the Acts of Union 1707	Anne George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II

¹Overlord of Britain. ²Also ruler of Ireland. ³Also ruler of Scotland. ⁴Lord Protector. ⁵Also ruler of England. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.