description: The Signet Classic edition of Shakespeare's great dark tragedy and first great success can now reach a whole new audience and be better understood by old Shakespeare fans alike with its new stage histories, special introduction and essays by noted scholars. Reissue.
language: English
title: Richard III
titlecomplete: Richard III
characters: John, a Priest, Sir William Catesby, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, Berkeley, gentleman attending Lady Anne, Lady Anne Neville, John Dighton, 1st Murderer (Richard III), 2nd Citizen (Richard III), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Sir Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Thomas, Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, Sir William Brandon, Sir Richard Grey, Lord Grey, Margaret of Anjou, 1st Citizen (Richard III), Sir Thomas Vaughan, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, 2nd Murderer (Richard III), Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Plantagenet, Sheriff (Richard III), Elizabeth of York, John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Sir James Blunt, Keeper of the Tower, John Morton, Bishop of Ely, William, Lord Hastings, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Edward IV of England, Jane Shore, Sir Walter Herbert, Scrivener, Edward V of England, Edward Plantagenet, Sir James Tyrrel, Sir Robert Brakenbury, Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, Henry VII of England, Third Citizen (Richard III), Richard III of England, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Page to Richard III, Pursuivant, Henry VI of England, Miles Forrest, Sir Christopher Urswick, Edmund Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Tressel, gentleman attending Lady Anne
genres: Drama, Theatre, Historical, School, Literature, Plays, Poetry, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 52304
places: Bosworth Field, Tower of London, London, England
series: Wars of the Roses, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy
publisher: Signet Classics