Shakespeare, William, King Richard III, Alterations, adapta- tions, etc.
Weisse, Felix Christian. 1726-1804.
Richard der Dritte ... For various editions of this work, see
Weisse, Felix Christian. 1726-1804. Weisse declared that he wrote his play before having read Shakespeare’s Richard III. This statement has been doubted by many critics. The fact is perhaps that he used not Shakespeare’s work, but Colley Cibber’s altera- tion of it, as the basis of his own. See Meisnest, Frederick William, “Die Quellen zu Christian Felix Weisses Richard III.” [4505.152].
This card was printed at the Boston Public Library, July 9, 1912. H7991
 
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