RICHARD III by William Shakespeare

 

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Find everything Richard III by William Shakespeare at Shakespeare Complete. The most comprehensive and easy-to-use Shakespeare's Richard III site on Earth. Use our Guides to the best Richard III Books, Films, Study, Audio & Theatre available online.

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RICHARD III

books and versions of the text including a fact sheet on the publication history of Richard III, the quarto and folio editions and a guide to current publications of the text of Shakespeare's Richard III.

RICHARD III

Quick Key Facts:

Written between 1591 and 1593

Probably First Performed in December 1593 and January 1594

Published in First Quarto - 1597

 Five further Quartos in 1597, 1602, 1605, 1612, 1622 and First Folio of 1623 

Total Lines in Play - 3718 lines

Longest part - Richard 1171 lines

See our RICHARD III Fact Sheets

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RICHARD III

on film - dvd, download and video - including a fact sheet on Richard the Third Film History and a guide to currently available films, movies and adaptations of Shakespeare's King Richard III.

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RICHARD III

theatre and stage productions including a fact sheet on Performance History, a guide to current and forthcoming worldwide productions, an archive of recent stagings and a guide to books on acting and staging Shakespeare's Richard the Third.

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Visit The National Theatre Stagework website for A Conversation with Sir Ian McKellen for online discussions of the role, background and significance of Richard III. This excellent website offers an interactive series of questions to McKellen about his approach to Richard III, a discussion on the opening speech, and clips from film and stage versions of the play, including McKellen and Olivier.

Click here to go to A Conversation with Sir Ian McKellen at Stagework

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RICHARD III

study guides, student notes, teaching aids and critical works on Shakespeare's Richard III including fact sheets on characters, plot and sources, along with a guide to currently available Richard III study guides.

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RICHARD III

audiobooks on cd, download, MP3 and cassette of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third including a guide to currently available Richard III audiobooks.

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