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''Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York''

Shakespeare''s final drama of the Wars of the Roses cycle begins as the dust settles on England after bloody civil war, and the bitter hunchback Richard, brother of the king, secretly plots to seize the throne. Charming and duplicitous, powerfully eloquent and viciously cruel, he is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve his goal. Richard III shows a man who, in his skilful manipulation of events and people, is a chilling incarnation of the temptations of power in a land shocked by war.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by E. A. J. Honigmann
Introduction by Michael Taylor

Richard III

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 26 November 2015
      ISBN-13 9780141396651
      978-0141396651
      ISBN-10 0141396652
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      Poetry Books by William Shakespeare

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Now is the winter of our discontent
      Made glorious summer by this sun of York''

      Shakespeare''s final drama of the Wars of the Roses cycle begins as the dust settles on England after bloody civil war, and the bitter hunchback Richard, brother of the king, secretly plots to seize the throne. Charming and duplicitous, powerfully eloquent and viciously cruel, he is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve his goal. Richard III shows a man who, in his skilful manipulation of events and people, is a chilling incarnation of the temptations of power in a land shocked by war.

      Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

      General Editor Stanley Wells
      Edited by E. A. J. Honigmann
      Introduction by Michael Taylor

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