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William Shakespeare Richard II (Dramatised)
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BBC Shakespeare - Richard III
The Yorkists have emerged victorious from the civil wars and Edward IV wears the English crown. Edward's misshapen brother, Richard, harbours kingly ambitions and will stop at nothing to achieve the throne. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
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Coordination Group Publications KS3 Shakespeare: Richard III
Pages: 168, Paperback, Coordination Group Publications
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Penguin Books Richard III (Pelican Shakespeare)
Now is the winter of our discontent, intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of Shakespeare's <I>Richard III</I>, one of his most abidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals of political tyranny ever seen on stage. Richard emerges from the chaos which surrounds the reign of Henry VI, already dramatised by Shakespeare earlier in his career, determined to become king by removing his elder brother Edward IV by convincing him that their brother Clarence is plotting against the crown. The deaths of both Clarence and Edward take Richard inexorably towards the crown, and the series of murders and conspiracies that Richard masterminds confirms his claim that I am determined to prove a villain. Richard's political and sexual charisma are truly chilling, and his seduction of Lady Anne, over her husband's corpse is one of the most disturbing scenes in Shakespeare. At another level, the play is also a strongly anti-Yorkist play, which has a vested interest in portraying Richard as such as vicious tyrant before seeing him toppled, ushering in a period of rule which prefigured the Tudor dynasty of which Elizabeth I was herself a part. The play has had a deep and lasting influence on audiences and writers; Brecht rewrote the play as <I>The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui</I>, while both Laurance Olivier and Ian Mckellen have produced memorable film versions of <I>Richard III</I>, the latter updating the play into a 1930s fascist state ruled over by a Richard akin to Oswald Mosley. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Penguin Books Ltd Richard III (3rd)
Pages: 272, Paperback, Penguin Books Ltd
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Longman Richard III (Longman School Shakespeare S.)
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Spark Notes Richard III (Spark Notes S.)
Pages: 80, Paperback, Spark Notes
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