hunchbacked

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Sansom to feature Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer-turned-detective whose exploits solving chilling murders in Tudor England come steeped in suspense and granular historical detail.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

Mr. Sher delivered his breakthrough performance in 1984, starring in “Richard III” as the play’s hunchbacked title character.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021

The French premier also gave the pope a more traditional gift - an 1836 edition of "Notre Dame de Paris", Victor Hugo's classic novel about the hunchbacked bell ringer Quasimodo set in Paris in 1482.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2021

O’Brien, who played the hunchbacked, Time Warp-dancing butler Riff-Raff, remembers the view from the stage on opening night.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2020

He was probably frowning, deep in character as Richard III, the conniving, hunchbacked king of England, but inside, Halsey was chuckling away.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older