the society became moribund during the second world war. in 1951 josephine tey published her detective novel "the daughter of time", in which richard's guilt is examined and doubted. in 1955, laurence olivier released his film of shakespeare's "richard iii", which at the beginning admitted that the play was based on legend, and a sympathetic, detailed biography of richard was published by paul murray kendall, all of which went some way towards re-invigorating the society.