Richard III

by William Shakespeare, Gillian Day (Contribution by), E. A. J. Honigmann (Editor), Michael Taylor (Introduction), Michael Taylor (Revised by)

Overview

The bitter, deformed brother of the King is secretly plotting to seize the throne of England. Charming and duplicitous, powerfully eloquent and viciously cruel, he is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve his goal - and, in his skilful manipulation of events and people, Richard is a chilling incarnation of the lure of evil and the temptation of power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141920238
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	04/07/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	674 KB

About the Author

Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Ernst Honigmann is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Michael Taylor was formerly Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He is the author of Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century and editor of Henry VI, Part One in the Oxford Shakespeare series.

Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Ernst Honigmann is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Michael Taylor was formerly Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He is the author of Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century and editor of Henry VI, Part One in the Oxford Shakespeare series.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

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Table of Contents

Richard III - William Shakespeare - Edited by Mark Eccles Charles Lamb: Letter to Robert Lloyd, from Cooke's 'Richard the Third', and from On the Tragedies of Shakespeare, Considered with Reference to Their Fitness for Stage Representation
A. P. Rossiter: Angel with Horns: The Unity of 'Richard III'
Robert Ornstein: 'Richard III'
Mark Eccles: 'Richard III' on Stage and Screen

NEWLY ADDED ESSAYS: Coppelia Kahn: 'Myself Alone': Richard III and the Dissolution of Masculine Identity

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