Questions tagged [richard-iii]
Questions related to William Shakespeare's play Richard III, which was probably written around 1592. The play concludes the first tetralogy of Shakespeare's history plays, which also contains the three parts of Henry VI. Use this tag with the [william-shakespeare] tag.
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Why does Anne call Richard a Hedgehog in Act I, Scene II of Richard III?
This is probably an easy question, but why does Anne call Richard a Hedgehog in Act I, Scene II of Richard III:
Dost grant me, hedgehog? then, God grant me too
Thou mayst be damned for that ...
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Did King Richard III prove a villain because nature chose him to be a disabled person?
In the play King Richard III by Shakespeare did King Richard III become a villain because of nature selected him to be a disabled person (if we look at the villainous plot of the villain from his ...
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What did Shakespeare mean in King Richard III when he said that ‘G’ Of Edward’s heirs the murderer shall be?
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the King
In deadly hate, the one against the other:
And if King Edward be as true and ...
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Should Henry 6, Part 3 be read prior to reading Richard III?
For context, this reading is entirely devoted to pleasure. I am not analyzing (academically) nor performing the plays, and my desire to read the plays derive completely from my profound affection ...
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Why is Richard a hunchback in Kevin Spacey's portrayal of Richard III?
I'm watching Kevin Spacey's production of Shakespeare's Richard III. Here's a link to a youtube video with some highlights.
One of the production decisions that I don't really understand is the ...
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Why is Richard portrayed without a hunchback in the 1955 Laurence Olivier adaptation of Richard III?
If we go by the text of Shakespeare's Richard III, Richard has a hunchback. In Act I, scene 3, line 246, Queen Margaret describes Richard as a "poisonous bunch-back'd toad." And in act IV, scene 4, ...
