Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England’s throne. Richard III, Shakespeare’s long chronicle of Richard’s machinations to be king, is a tale of murder upon murder. He gains the throne, but only briefly. In a terrible dream, the ghosts of his victims visit the now-despised monarch to foretell his demise. Richard's death in battle the next day concludes his reign of evil, ushering in at last a new and hopeful era of peace for England.
Author(s): William Shakespeare, Burton Raffel (editor)
Series: Yale Annotated Shakespeare
Edition: The Annotated Shakespeare
Publisher: Yale University Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 256
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
About This Book
Introduction
Some Essentials of the Shakespearean Stage
RICHARD III
Dramatis Personae
Act I
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Act II
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Act III
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
Scene 6
Scene 7
Act IV
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
Act V
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
An Essay by Harold Bloom
Further Reading
Finding List
