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Richard III by William Shakespeare

Richard III by William Shakespeare. Richard III. Last in a tetralogy of plays that includes Henry VI, parts 1,2 and 3 and Richard III (the “Hollow Crown”). The tetralogy portrays the struggle for power among the Plantagenet Houses of Lancaster and York

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Richard III by William Shakespeare

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  1. Richard III by William Shakespeare

  2. Richard III • Last in a tetralogy of plays that includes Henry VI, parts 1,2 and 3 and Richard III (the “Hollow Crown”). • The tetralogy portrays the struggle for power among the Plantagenet Houses of Lancaster and York • Written c. 1591 – one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays. • Chronicle and tragedy. • Supports the “Tudor Myth” of history. • One of Shakespeare’s most performed plays.

  3. The “Tudor Myth” of History • Presents the period of the 15th century, including the Wars of the Roses, in England as a dark age of anarchy and bloodshed. • Promotes the Tudor period of the 16th century as a golden age of peace, law, order, and prosperity. • One of the founders of the tradition was Sir Thomas More, who wrote The History of King Richard III (1513). • Richard III presented as a deformed hunchback and murderer overthrown by Henry Bolingbroke at the Battle of Bosworth Field. • Bolingbroke became the first Tudor king: Henry VII

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