Synopses & Reviews
This timeless tragedy follows the bloody path of the "rudely stamped" Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who uses his murderous guile to achieve the throne of England.
This edition features an overview of Shakespeare's works by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, as well as a comprehensive stage and screen history, dramatic criticism from the past and present, and sources from which Shakespeare derived this great work.
Synopsis
Featuring a new overview of Shakespeare's works by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, this Signet classic also includes a comprehensive stage and screen history, dramatic criticism from the past and present, and sources from which Shakespeare derived this great work.
Synopsis
William Shakespeare's timeless tragedy follows the bloody path of the "rudely stamped" Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who uses his murderous guile to achieve the throne of England.
This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as:
- An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
- A special introduction to the play by the editor
- Selections from the source from which Shakespeare derived Richard III
- Dramatic criticism
- A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions
- Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text
- And more...
Table of Contents
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