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King Richard III - William Shakespeare


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King Richard III - William Shakespeare

 
Description: ISBN 0007258070 / Author: William Shakespeare / Genre: Drama / Poetry / Criticism

Newest Review: ... was descended. It was therefore in Shakespeare's interestes to show how the arrival of the Tudors (whose claim to the ... more

 ... throne was not fantastic) were obviously the best thing that could have happened to Britain. Therefore, Richard is presented as an ugly man and many deaths are laid at his door, although there isn't a vast amount of evidence either to comdemn or defend him. Richard The Third can be read as a piece of pro Tudor propoganda. There are two film versions that merit discussion. Lawrence Olivier famously portrayed Richard on teh screen and has long given us the dominante impression of the play - complete with funny voice, h...more

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William Shakespeare, "King Richard III":Notes (York Notes)
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Premium Review King Richard III - William Shakespeare: The play, the films, the propganda. (554 words)
by - written on 14/06/01 (Very useful, 107 readings)
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A quick overview of the play: Richard has various physical defects and is not in line for the throne. After a few military efforts, some assasination, bumping off the young princes whose guardian he is supposed to be, Richard grasps the throne. He also marries the wife of one of the men he murdered and after her death starts trying to marry his niece, before there is a very large battle and he is killed. Richard The Third is part of a long series of history plays, beginng with Richard the second, then Henry the fourth, Henry the fifth, Henry the Sixth and Richard himself. Richard the second was the last king to be descended from William the first, and the fall ...  Read the complete review

 

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