num_pages: 240
description: King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular and frequently-performed plays. Janis Lull's introduction to this new edition, which is based on the First Folio, emphasizes the play's tragic themes--individual identity, determinism and choice--and stresses the importance of women's roles. A thorough performance history of stage and film versions shows how the text has been cut, rewritten and reshaped by directors and actors to enhance the role of Richard at the expense of other parts, especially those of the women.
language: English
title: King Richard III
titlecomplete: King Richard III
characters: Page to Richard III, John, a Priest, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Elizabeth of York, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Tressel, gentleman attending Lady Anne, 2nd Citizen (Richard III), Pursuivant, William, Lord Hastings, Sir Walter Herbert, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Jane Shore, Sir James Tyrrel, Thomas, Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, 2nd Murderer (Richard III), Berkeley, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Sir William Brandon, Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Elizabeth Woodville, John Dighton, Margaret of Anjou, Sir Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, Sir Richard Grey, Lord Grey, Sir William Catesby, Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, Sheriff (Richard III), Edward IV of England, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1st Citizen (Richard III), Edward V of England, Henry VII of England, Scrivener, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, Edward Plantagenet, Miles Forrest, Edmund Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, Richard III of England, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, Sir James Blunt, 1st Murderer (Richard III), Margaret Plantagenet, Keeper of the Tower, Third Citizen (Richard III), Lady Anne Neville, Sir Christopher Urswick, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, Sir Robert Brakenbury, Sir Thomas Vaughan, Henry VI of England
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 52277
places: Tower of London, London, England, Bosworth Field
series: Wars of the Roses, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy
publisher: Cambridge University Press