Editing Perkin Warbeck (section)

==Warbeck in popular culture==
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Warbeck's story subsequently attracted writers, most notably the dramatist [[John Ford (dramatist)|John Ford]], who dramatized the story in his play ''[[Perkin Warbeck (play)|Perkin Warbeck]]'', first performed in the 1630s.
* [[Charles Macklin]] wrote a play featuring Warbeck, ''King Henry the VII, or The Popish Impostor'', which was published in 1746.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Macklin |first=Charles |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=WIkrH_w7g9YC&pg=GBS.PP2&hl=en |title=King Henry the VII. Or The Popish Impostor. A Tragedy. As it is Acted by His Majesty's Servants, at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane |date=1746 |publisher=R. Francklin; R. Dodsley; and J. Brotherton |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Friedrich Schiller]] wrote a plan and a few scenes for a play about Warbeck; he never finished the play because he gave priority to other works, such as ''Maria Stuart'' and {{lang|de|Wilhelm Tell}}.<ref>Benno von Wiese: ''Friedrich Schiller'' (in German) Stuttgart: J. B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1959, pp. 781–786.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kuehnle-online.de/literatur/schiller/werke/nachlass/warbeck/2-0.htm |title=Friedrich Schiller – Nachlass – II. Warbeck – Personen |website=Kuehnle-online.de |access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[Mary Shelley]], best known as the author of ''[[Frankenstein]]'', wrote a romance on the subject of Warbeck, ''[[The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck]]'', published in London in 1830.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shelley |first=Mary Wollstonecraft |url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley_The_Fortunes_of_Perkin?id=NABEAQAAMAAJ |title=The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance |date=1830 |publisher=H. Colburn and R. Bentley |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lord Alfred Douglas]] wrote a poem about Perkin Warbeck in 1893 or 1894. It is included in the ''Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas'', published in 1928.
* In [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]'s mystery novel ''[[Have His Carcase]]'' (1932), [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] discovers that the murderers lured the victim to his death by playing on his secret belief that he was the hereditary Tsar of Russia, based on his great-great-grandmother's purported [[morganatic marriage]] to [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]]. When [[Harriet Vane]] points out that even if this were true, the man would not be the next in line to the throne, Peter remarks that [[genealogy]] has a way of making people believe what they want to believe, saying he knows a "draper's assistant" in [[Leeds]] who earnestly believes he will be crowned King of England as soon as he can find the record of his ancestor's marriage to Perkin Warbeck; the fact that Warbeck's claim to the throne was ultimately invalidated, and that the Tudor dynasty he laid claim to has since been replaced by others, doesn't faze him in the least.
* The American comic book ''Archie'' #221 (1972) contains a 5-page skit entitled "Five Page Fooler" by author [[Frank Doyle (writer)|Frank Doyle]] and artist [[Harry Lucey]], wherein iconic everyteen [[Archie Andrews]] encounters a rude, unpleasant boy who [[Doppelgänger|looks just like himself]]. The boy is referred to by other inhabitants of [[Riverdale (Archie Comics)|Riverdale]] as "Clarence," but calls himself Perkin Warbeck. No explanation for the mystery is given in the story, which instead focuses on slapstick comedy and [[fourth wall|metaphysical humour]]. The most recent reprint is in ''Archie Jumbo Comics Digest'' #350 (2024).
* The novel ''Crown of Roses'' (1989) by [[Valerie Anand]] suggests that Warbeck was the son of an illegitimate son of [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York|Richard Duke of York]] who had been sent to Burgundy as a boy to imply to interested parties that Richard of Shrewsbury had left the Tower alive.  
* The historical novel ''The Tudor Rose'' (1953) by [[Margaret Campbell Barnes]] deals at length with the Warbeck plot and implies that Warbeck actually was [[Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York]].
* Warbeck is the central character in [[Philip Lindsay]]'s historical novel ''They Have Their Dreams''.
* In 2005 [[Channel 4]] and RDF Media produced a drama entitled ''Princes in the Tower'' about the interrogation of Warbeck, starring [[Mark Umbers]]. Warbeck almost convinces Henry VII that he really is Richard, Duke of York. Warbeck "remembers" that Henry's mother [[Lady Margaret Beaufort|Margaret Beaufort]] poisoned his brother Edward V, after which Richard III spirited him away to safety. Warbeck succeeds in alienating King Henry from both his mother and his wife, [[Elizabeth of York]], who now believe Warbeck to be her lost brother. Margaret then shows Warbeck two young men in chains, who she presents as the real princes, locked up for years in isolation and now completely insane. She says Henry knows nothing about them. She forces Warbeck to confess he is an imposter to save the life of his son by [[Lady Catherine Gordon]]. Warbeck confesses and is hanged. In the final scene, Margaret is seen overseeing the burial of a piece of regal clothing with two skeletons, while, in voice-over, [[Thomas More]], whose secret account of the events is supposed to be the drama's source, describes how lucky he has been under Henry VIII.
* In the 1972 [[BBC]] television series ''[[The Shadow of the Tower]]'', Warbeck was portrayed by British actor [[Richard Warwick]].
* The [[American Shakespeare Center]] (ASC) in [[Staunton, Virginia]], produced a comedy entitled ''The Brats of Clarence'', written specifically for the ASC 'Blackfriars' stage by Paul Menzer. The play tracks the progress of Perkin Warbeck from the Scottish court to London to claim his birthright as heir to the throne.
* Warbeck and his wife are characters in the novel ''The Crimson Crown'' by Edith Layton (1990). The main character is Lucas Lovat, a spy in the Court of Henry VII, and a subplot of the novel is his indecision as to whether Warbeck is, or is not, Prince Richard.
* English comedians [[Stewart Lee]] and [[Richard Herring]] both make references to Warbeck and fellow pretender [[Lambert Simnel]] in much of their work, both as [[Lee and Herring]] and individually. Simnel and Warbeck's names have appeared sporadically throughout their material over the years.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=m6-KykAJ6yGqYeqa&t=281&v=lzO6hhmkrpI&feature=youtu.be |title=Shape Train from AIOTM episode 3 |date=2017-09-14 |last=Richard Herring |access-date=2025-02-27 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
* Warbeck's story is retold through the eyes of Grace Plantagenet in ''The King's Grace'' by Anne Easter Smith (2009). Grace, an illegitimate daughter of Edward IV, attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding the man who claims to be her half-brother Richard. Rosemary Hawley Jarman, in her novel "We Speak No Treason", also fictionalised unconfirmed speculation that Warbeck could have been another of Edward's illegitimate sons.<ref>Rosemary Hawley Jarman, We Speak No Treason, Book 1, Part Two</ref><ref>Smith, Anne Easter, The King's Grace</ref>
* In [[Philippa Gregory]]'s 2009 novel ''[[The White Queen (novel)|The White Queen]]'', the [[Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York|young Duke of York]] is sent into hiding by his mother, [[Elizabeth Woodville]], while a changeling is sent to the Tower in his place. In the fifth novel of Gregory's ''The Cousins' War'' series, ''[[The White Princess]]'', a mysterious pretender appears, claiming to be Richard. King Henry Tudor invents an elaborate false history to justify denial of the pretender's claims, giving him the name Perkin Warbeck (among others). Although the novel never answers the question, Gregory states in the epilogue that she believes Warbeck's claim was genuine.
* A miniseries ''[[The White Princess (miniseries)|The White Princess]]'', adapted from Gregory's novel, was first aired on [[Starz]] in 2017 where Perkin Warbeck was played by Irish actor [[Patrick Gibson (actor)|Patrick Gibson]]. Unlike Gregory's original work, the series portrays Warbeck as the genuine Duke of York, who has escaped England and been raised by a Flemish boatmaker.
* A latter section of Terence Morgan's novel ''The Master of Bruges'' expands on the theory that Prince Richard escaped to [[Flanders]], grew up in [[Tournai]] and returned to England as Perkin Warbeck.
* Four-part audio drama "The Pretender" on [[History Hit]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://access.historyhit.com/videos/the-pretender?fbclid=IwAR3AMr91vaTtc13YYajfwUxiqKd2s8vBubqfjI7VER9EoQ_ZGq8W2oCAsHo | title=🎧 the Pretender }}</ref>
* The Wetherspoons pub on East Street in Taunton is called The Perkin Warbeck.