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language: English
title: Richard III
titlecomplete: Richard III
characters: Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Henry VI of England, Pursuivant, Sheriff (Richard III), Margaret Plantagenet, Richard III of England, Tressel, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Sir James Blunt, Sir Walter Herbert, Elizabeth of York, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, 2nd Murderer (Richard III), Berkeley, gentleman attending Lady Anne, 2nd Citizen (Richard III), Third Citizen (Richard III), John, a Priest, Keeper of the Tower, Page to Richard III, Sir James Tyrrel, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Edward IV of England, 1st Murderer (Richard III), Sir Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, Elizabeth Woodville, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, Sir Richard Grey, Lord Grey, Sir Thomas Vaughan, Miles Forrest, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, Sir William Brandon, Edmund Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, Sir Christopher Urswick, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Lady Anne Neville, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, Sir Robert Brakenbury, Margaret of Anjou, Thomas, Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, 1st Citizen (Richard III), Sir Richard Ratcliffe, John Dighton, Scrivener, Henry VII of England, William, Lord Hastings, Sir William Catesby, Edward V of England, Jane Shore, Edward Plantagenet
genres: Literature, Theatre, Drama, Historical, Fiction, Classics, School, Historical Fiction, Plays, Poetry
ratings_count: 52298
places: Tower of London, London, England, Bosworth Field
series: Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Pocket Books