num_pages: 414
description: This is Richard III with a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings; it uses the First Quarto, the text closest to the play as it would have been staged. It includes passages from Sir Thomas More's 'History of Richard III'; on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging, allusions, and much else; and a detailed introduction that considers composition, sources, performances, and changing critical attitudes to the play. This edition also comes illustrated with production photographs and related art, a full index to the introduction and commentary, and has a durable sewn binding for lasting use.
language: English
title: Richard III
titlecomplete: Richard III
characters: Elizabeth of York, Edward V of England, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, Margaret of Anjou, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry VII of England, Sir James Tyrrel, Sir Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, Tressel, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, John Dighton, Henry VI of England, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, William, Lord Hastings, Sir William Brandon, Sir Thomas Vaughan, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Jane Shore, Scrivener, Page to Richard III, Sir Richard Grey, Lord Grey, Miles Forrest, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, Richard III of England, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, 2nd Murderer (Richard III), Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, 1st Citizen (Richard III), 2nd Citizen (Richard III), Sheriff (Richard III), Thomas, Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Sir Robert Brakenbury, Lady Anne Neville, Keeper of the Tower, Sir James Blunt, John, a Priest, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Edward Plantagenet, Berkeley, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Sir Walter Herbert, Elizabeth Woodville, Sir Christopher Urswick, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir William Catesby, Pursuivant, Margaret Plantagenet, 1st Murderer (Richard III), Edward IV of England, Edmund Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, Third Citizen (Richard III)
genres: Historical Fiction, Theatre, Historical, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 52274
places: Tower of London, London, England, Bosworth Field
series: Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Oxford University Press