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| Original Title: | The Tragedy of King Richard the Third |
| ISBN: | 0192839934 (ISBN13: 9780192839930) |
| Series: | Wars of the Roses #8, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy #4 |
| Characters: | Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, Henry VII of England, Richard III of England, Henry VI of England, Edward IV of England, Jane Shore, Edward V of England, Margaret of Anjou, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Sir Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, Sir Richard Grey, Lord Grey, Sir Thomas Vaughan, Edward Plantagenet, Lady Anne Neville, William, Lord Hastings, Thomas, Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Sir James Blunt, Sir Walter Herbert, Sir William Brandon, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Sir William Catesby, Sir James Tyrrel, Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1st Murderer (Richard III), 2nd Murderer (Richard III), Page to Richard III, Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, Sir Christopher Urswick, John, a Priest, Sir Robert Brakenbury, Keeper of the Tower, Edmund Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, Scrivener, Pursuivant, Sheriff (Richard III), Tressel, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Berkeley, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, Margaret Plantagenet, John Dighton, Miles Forrest, 1st Citizen (Richard III), 2nd Citizen (Richard III), Third Citizen (Richard III) |
William Shakespeare
Paperback | Pages: 414 pages Rating: 3.93 | 41774 Users | 1572 Reviews
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Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successfully for film. This new and innovative edition recognizes the play's pre-eminence as a performance work: a perspective that informs every aspect of the editing. Challenging traditional practice, the text is based on the 1597 Quarto which, brings us closest to the play as it would have been staged in Shakespeare's theater. The introduction, which is illustrated, explores the long performance history from Shakespeare's time to the present. The commentary gives detailed explanation of matters of language, staging, text, and historical and cultural contexts, providing coverage that is both carefully balanced and alert to nuance of meaning.Documentation of the extensive textual variants is organized for maximum clarity: the readings of the Folio and the Quarto are presented in separate sections, and more specific information is given at the back of the book. Appendices also include selected passages from the main source and a special index of actors and other theatrical personnel.
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| Title | : | Richard III (Wars of the Roses #8) |
| Author | : | William Shakespeare |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 414 pages |
| Published | : | May 17th 2001 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published 1593) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Plays. Drama. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 41774 Users | 1572 ReviewsNotice Out Of Books Richard III (Wars of the Roses #8)
He's to be re-interred in Leicester cathedral, despite York attempting to claim him.4 out of 5 stars to William Shakespeare's famous play, Richard III, one of his "War of the Roses" tragedies produced in the 16th century in England. People have generally heard of this King, and know more about him than they realize, but he is not one of the more famously read plays in high school or college, falling behind the more popular comedies and tragedies of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and A Mid-Summer Night's Dream. Why This Book Although I read this play in
Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end;Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend. William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act IV.4Shakespeare's first Masterpiece. I find it hard to not think of this as the beginning of Shakespeare's real reign. His characters are amazing. His images are haunting. His monologues are beautiful. Yes, certainly I still think his best is yet to come, but if he died only producing this, we would still sing his name for the next 1000 years. King Richard is a beast,
One of your best reviews, Henry. And that's saying a lot!I adore this play. I've seen some scenes from it but I'd love to see the whole play.
This is better than the whole play
Five stars
I remembered this play as being nothing more than a superb melodrama organized around a charismatic, one-dimensional villain, but I now realize it is more complex than that. Richard's deformity is not merely a physical sign of spiritual evil, but also a metaphor for the twisted era of internecine and intra-generational violence of which he himself is the inevitable conclusion. Richard claims that his disability disqualifies him for a peaceful age's love-making, but his effective wooing of Lady
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