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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.
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Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of...
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Richard III of England has been depicted in literature and...
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Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
Richard III, formerly duke of Gloucester, son of Richard Plantagenet, duke of York, in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 2 and Henry VI, Part 3; later king of England in Richard III.
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Richard III of England has been depicted in literature and popular culture many times. In the Tudor period he was invariably portrayed as a villain, most famously in Shakespeare's play Richard III, but also in other literature of the period.
Richard III is a history play written by William Shakespeare. It is one of Shakespeare's most famous and popular plays. Shakespeare probably wrote Richard III around the year 1593. The play was first printed in a book in 1597 .
Following on as it does from the Henry VI trilogy, Richard III was probably written in 1592-3. At around the same time, Shakespeare was writing Titus Andronicus and the long narrative poem, Venus and Adonis. Richard III was first published in 1597.
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Nov 26, 2023 · The play depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England. The historical inaccuracies in the play can be attributed partly to Shakespeare's sources, such as Holinshed's Chronicles , and partly to artistic licence.
