William Shakespeare's Richard the Third - Unabridged

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Publisher Description

Featuring one of the greatest villains in the Shakespearean canon, "Richard the Third" is among the most popular of Shakespeare's history plays.

The story begins with England at peace after a long period of tumult and civil war. The War of the Roses has concluded with the York faction victorious and Edward IV on the throne. But all is not well at court.

Edward's younger brother Richard - brilliant, ruthless and bitter about his physical deformities - aspires to wear the crown and will do anything to achieve it. During the course of the play, we watch as Richard lies, cheats and kills his way to the top, enlisting the audience as a co-conspirator.

A case study in sociopathic ambition, "King Richard the Third" has been adapted several times to the stage and screen and is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is generally acknowledged as the greatest dramatist in the history of English literature. Also a poet and actor, Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, where he received an education at the local grammar school, but whether he attended any educational institution subsequent to his early tutelage is unknown. By eighteen, Shakespeare was married - to an already-pregnant Anne Hathaway - and the couple would go on to have three children, Susanna and the twins Hamnet and Judith. (Hamnet died at 11 years old.) Shakespeare moved to London soon after the birth of the twins and began publishing poems ("Venus and Adonis" (1593) and "The Rape of Lucrece" (1594)) and joined the Lord Chamberlain's Men as an actor and playwright. Shakespeare stayed with the Lord Chamberlain's Men throughout his career, producing some of his finest work - "King Lear," "Macbeth" and "The Tempest" among them - after the company fell under the patronage of King James I and became The King's Men. During his career, Shakespeare penned 38 plays, two narrative poems and over 150 sonnets and enjoyed considerable financial success, eventually buying New Place, one of the largest homes in Stratford. Following his death in 1616 at the age of 52, thirty-six of his plays were collected and published as the First Folio and his entire canon - including his extant plays, sonnets and poems - were published as The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's plays are the most produced dramatic works in existence and they have been translated and adapted into countless stage, screen and television productions over the years. Entire theatres are devoted to producing his works and his writings are studied and analyzed in literature classes around the world.

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