num_pages: 106
description: The final play in Shakespeare's masterly dramatization of the strife between the Houses of York and Lancaster, Richard III offers a stunning portrait of an archvillain — a man of cunning and ruthless ambition who seduces, betrays and murders his way to the throne. In the process, Richard delivers great speeches and engages in formidable confrontations with a large cast of characters, almost all of them caught up in the terrible struggle for power that dominates the play. It is a tribute to Shakespeare's dramatic genius and knowledge of human psychology that by the end of the drama the detestable Richard begins to elicit some sympathy for the awful plight in which he finds himself. Explanatory footnotes and an introductory note are included.
language: English
title: Richard III
titlecomplete: Richard III
characters: George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Scrivener, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Elizabeth of York, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, Edward Plantagenet, Henry VII of England, Sir Thomas Vaughan, 1st Murderer (Richard III), Margaret Plantagenet, Keeper of the Tower, Lady Anne Neville, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, Sir William Catesby, John, a Priest, Miles Forrest, Tressel, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Sir Richard Grey, Lord Grey, Sir James Tyrrel, Berkeley, gentleman attending Lady Anne, 1st Citizen (Richard III), Sir James Blunt, Jane Shore, Sheriff (Richard III), Sir Robert Brakenbury, Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, Edward IV of England, John Dighton, Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, Richard III of England, Edmund Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, Edward V of England, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Sir Walter Herbert, 2nd Murderer (Richard III), Sir Christopher Urswick, Henry VI of England, 2nd Citizen (Richard III), John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Margaret of Anjou, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Sir William Brandon, Pursuivant, Sir Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, Page to Richard III, Thomas, Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, Third Citizen (Richard III), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, William, Lord Hastings, Elizabeth Woodville
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Historical, Poetry, Drama, School, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 52275
places: Tower of London, London, England, Bosworth Field
series: Wars of the Roses, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy
publisher: Dover Publications