True tragedy, The, of Richard the Third; to which is appended the Latin play of Richardus Tertius, by Thomas Legge. Both an- terior to Shakespeare’s drama. With an introduction and notes by Barron Field.
London. Printed for the Shakespeare Society. 1844. ix, 166 pp. 22 cm., in 8s. No. 2 in *4596.9=**G.3927.35 Whether these plays served as sources for Shakespeare’s Richard III., or whether the resemblances are sufficiently explained by supposing that all were based directly upon the old chronicles, is a matter of dispute among the critics.
There is a reproduction of the original title-page of The true tragedy . . . (1594).
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This card was printed at the Boston Public Library, June 1, 1915.
K5016 — Shakespeare, William. King Richard III. Sources. — Field, Barron, ed.