num_pages: 382
description: The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This edition of King Richard III provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts.Offering a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary, the Arden Shakespeare is the finest edition of Shakespeare you can find.
language: English
title: King Richard III
titlecomplete: King Richard III (Arden Shakespeare)
characters: Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, Edward V of England, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Sir Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, Sir James Blunt, Henry VII of England, Berkeley, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Lady Anne Neville, John Dighton, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Sir Walter Herbert, Henry VI of England, Edward Plantagenet, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, Third Citizen (Richard III), 1st Murderer (Richard III), Sir James Tyrrel, Thomas, Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Pursuivant, Sheriff (Richard III), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Elizabeth Woodville, Richard III of England, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1st Citizen (Richard III), Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, William, Lord Hastings, Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, Edmund Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, Tressel, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Sir Richard Grey, Lord Grey, 2nd Citizen (Richard III), Jane Shore, Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, Page to Richard III, Sir William Catesby, Margaret Plantagenet, Sir Robert Brakenbury, John, a Priest, Sir Thomas Vaughan, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Sir William Brandon, Sir Christopher Urswick, Miles Forrest, Keeper of the Tower, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, 2nd Murderer (Richard III), Margaret of Anjou, Scrivener, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Elizabeth of York, Edward IV of England, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Historical, Plays, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Fiction
ratings_count: 52273
places: Bosworth Field, Tower of London, London, England
series: Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Bloomsbury