Richard, in order to trick the Mayor of London and the citizens into demanding that he immediately becomes King, stages an elaborate charade carefully stage-managed by his loyal allies Buckingham (Mark Stratton), and Catesby (Andy Cryer). As part of this play-acting Richard appears between two 'clergymen' and easily deceives the citizens and their Mayor (Dicken Ashworth) into believing that Richard is a holy man whose thoughts and aspirations are far removed from the grubby realities of the ambitious and power-hungry villain he actually is.
