Editing Edward V (section)

==Portrayals in fiction==
Edward appears as a character in the play [[Richard III (play)|''Richard III'']] by William Shakespeare. Edward appears alive in only one scene of the play (Act 3 Scene 1), during which he and his brother are portrayed as bright, precocious children who see through their uncle's ambitions. Edward in particular is portrayed as wiser than his years (something his uncle notes) and ambitious about his kingship. Edward and his brother's deaths are described in the play, but occur offstage. Their ghosts return in one more scene (Act 5 Scene 3) to haunt their uncle's dreams and promise success to his rival, Richmond (i.e. King Henry VII). In film and television adaptations of this play, Edward V has been portrayed by the following actors:

* Kathleen Yorke in the 1911 silent short dramatising a part of the play.
* Howard Stuart in the 1912 [[Richard III (1912 film)|silent adaptation]].
* [[Paul Huson]] in the 1955 [[Richard III (1955 film)|film version]], alongside [[Laurence Olivier]] as Richard.
* Hugh Janes in the 1960 BBC series ''[[An Age of Kings]]'', which contained all the history plays from ''Richard II'' to ''Richard III''.
* Nicolaus Haenel in the 1964 West German TV version {{Lang|de|König Richard III.|italic=yes}}
* Dorian Ford in the 1983 [[BBC Shakespeare]] version.
* Spike Hood provided his voice in the 1994 BBC series ''[[Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]''.
* Marco Williamson in the [[Richard III (1995 film)|1995 film version]], alongside [[Ian McKellen]] as Richard.
* Jon Plummer in the 2005 modernised TV version set on a [[Brighton]] housing estate.
* Germaine De Leon in the [[Richard III (2007 film)|2007 modern-day adaptation]].
* Edward Bracey in the 2014 [[drama documentary]] ''Richard III: The Princes in the Tower''.
* Caspar Morley played Edward in the BBC's 2016 adaptation of [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Richard III (play)|''Richard III'']] alongside [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as Richard. It is the final episode in the second season of ''[[The Hollow Crown (TV series)|The Hollow Crown]]''.

Edward V is also featured as a mute role in another of Shakespeare's plays, ''[[Henry VI, Part 3]]'', where he appears as a newborn [[Infant|baby]] in the final scene. His father Edward IV addresses his own brothers thus: "Clarence, and Gloster,{{sic}} love my lovely queen, And kiss your princely nephew, brothers both." Gloster, the future Richard III, is at the close of this play already encompassing his nephew's demise, as he mutters in an [[aside]], "To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his master, And cried – All hail! when as he meant – all harm."<ref>''[[Henry VI, Part 3]]'', Act 5, Scene VII, Lines 26–27, 33–34.</ref>

Edward appears in [[The White Queen (novel)|''The White Queen'']], a 2009 historical novel by [[Philippa Gregory]] and in the subsequent 2013 TV miniseries [[The White Queen (TV series)|''The White Queen'']]; in the latter, he is played by Sonny Ashbourne Serkis.<ref name="PW White Queen">{{Cite web |date=29 June 2009 |title=''The White Queen'' |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781416563686 |access-date=8 October 2014 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The White Queen Cast |url=https://www.tvgeek.com/title/the-white-queen/cast |access-date=2022-06-07 |publisher=tvgeek}}</ref>