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The Tragedy of Richard the Third, often shortened to Richard III, is a play by William Shakespeare. It was probably written c. 1592–1594 . It is labelled a history in the First Folio , and is usually considered one, but it is sometimes called a tragedy , as in the quarto edition.
Pamphlet promoting the performance of Richard III at Drury Lane Theatre on 14 May 1838. The Tragical History of King Richard Iii, Alter'd From Shakespeare (1699) is a history play written by Colley Cibber. It is based on William Shakespeare's Richard III, but reworked for Williamite audiences.
Richardus Tertius is a play written in Latin about King Richard III by Thomas Legge.The play was acted by the students of St. John's College, Cambridge in 1579.It was possibly seen by two of the University Wits in Cambridge at the time: Christopher Marlowe and Robert Greene.
The foremost work of literature featuring Richard III is William Shakespeare's Richard III, which is believed to have been written in 1591, a century after the King's death. It was the final part of a tetralogy of plays about the Wars of the Roses .
The artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has confirmed she will play Richard III in a new summer production as originally planned amid a furious row over the casting decision.. While Olivier ...
Cover of the play script published in 1970. The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
Sir James Tyrrell (c. 1455 – 6 May 1502) [1] was an English knight, a trusted servant of king Richard III of England. He is known for allegedly confessing to the murders of the Princes in the Tower under Richard's orders. In his 1593 play Richard III, William Shakespeare portrays Tyrrell as the man who organises the princes murders.
The most daring move in “Teenage Dick,” a riff on “Richard III” set in an American high school, isn’t the casting of an actor with cerebral palsy as a surrogate for Shakespeare’s ...