King Richard Iii Printed From The Cambridge Text Globe Edition

In The Tragedy of King Richard III, Shakespeare chronicles the rise and fall of one of history's most repellent, and the theater's most mesmerizing, figures.

In this quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes.

The second edition of King Richard III, with a new introductory section by Janis Lull.

Excerpt from More's History of King Richard III The text here printed, from p. I to p. 91, is from the folio edition of Sir Thomas More's Works, London, 1557. The continuation is from the edition of Hardyng's Ckrom'c/e, printed by Richard Grafton, 1543, while the additions given in the notes, from Hal/6's Cfimm'c/e, are taken from The Unyon of the twoo noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, ' printed also by Grafton in 1550. Thus the language of the volume is all of one period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Final play in Shakespeare's dramatization of the strife between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Richard is stunning archvillain who seduces, betrays, and murders his way to the throne. Explanatory footnotes.