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 Richard III Quotes
1,672 words, approx. 6 pages
 The Life and Death of King Richard III is William Shakespeare 's version of the short career of Richard III of England , who receives a singularly unflattering depiction. The play is sometimes interpreted as a tragedy; however, it more correctly...
 
| Name: |
William Shakespeare | | Birth Date: |
April 23, 1564 | | Death Date: |
April 23, 1616 | | Place of Birth: |
Stratford-upon-Avon, England | | Place of Death: |
Stratford-upon-Avon, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of William Shakespeare
35385 words, approx. 118 pages
 "He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake... summary from source:
 Biography of William Shakespeare
30474 words, approx. 101.6 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake... summary from source:
Biography of William Shakespeare
10254 words, approx. 34.2 pages
William Shakespeare's reputation is based primarily on his plays. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early nineteenth century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditio...
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 Richard III Summary
6,845 words, approx. 23 pagesRichard III by William Shakespeare Born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, England, William Shakespeare was the son of middle-class parents. Although not all the particulars of Shakespeare’s education are known, it appears that he attended the local... summary from source:
 Richard III Information
4,987 words, approx. 17 pages
Richard III is William Shakespeare's unflattering depiction of the short reign of Richard III of England. The play is sometimes classified as a tragedy (as in the earliest quarto); but it more correctly belongs to the histories, as classified in the...
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 Shakespeare Bulletin Richard III.(play)(Theater Review)
03/22/2005: 1,019 words, approx. 3 pages Richard III Presented by The Acting Company at the Queen Creek Performing Arts Center, Queen Creek, Arizona. March 24, 2004. Directed by Eve Shapiro. Set by Chris Barreca. Costumes by James Scott. Lighting by Michael Chybowski. Sound by Steve Woods. With Spencer Aste (Richard),... summary from source:
The Boston Globe Lethal power plays in `Richard III'
02/05/2008: 607 words, approx. 2 pages Stage Review Richard III Directed by Kevin Moriarty. Set design by Michael McGarty. Costume design by William Lane. Lighting design by Tyler Micoleau. Fight choreography by Craig Handel. Presented by the Trinity Repertory Company, in the Chace Theater,Providence, through March 2.... summary from source:
 greatreporter.com Big Screen Bard: A Film Quiz
10/8/2007: 366 words, approx. 1 pagesQuestion 1 of 10:"Throne of Blood", a classic Japanese film about a murderous Samurai, is based on which play?a) Macbeth (1)b) Richard III (0)c) Hamlet (0)d) Othello (0)Question 2 of 10:Who recently directed an all-singing, all-dancing version of "Love's Labour's Lost"?a) Baz Luhrmann (0)b) Kenneth... summary from source:
AP News McKellen says Lear role is nerve-racking
7/18/2007: 260 words, approx. 1 pagesIan McKellen says playing the title character in William Shakespeare's "King Lear" is more nerve-racking than his recent Hollywood film roles.Singapore is the first stop on the Royal Shakespeare Company's international tour of "King Lear" and "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov."'King Lear,' I've been seeing...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Mary Ann McGrail
14,532 words, approx. 48 pages
In the following essay, McGrail argues that Richard's belief that no one can love his deformed body is what drives him to seek vengeance against his world and the people in it.
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Critical Essay by Robert G. Hunter
12,011 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Hunter reviews the plot and characters of Richard III, and also discusses Shakespeare's adaptation of his sources.
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 Essay Grade: 88%The Tragedy of Richard III
1,781 words, approx. 6 pages
Analyzes the psychology of the main charachter in Shakespeare's Richard III. Explores themes of insanity, numbness to feeling, and irrational actions. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%Transgression in the Eyes of Playwrights from Different Eras
1,456 words, approx. 5 pages
Both Sophocles' The Oedipus Cycle and Shakespeare's "Richard III" successfully illustrated non-changing themes from their respective time periods, containing similarly malicious characters and protagonists that illustrate the two playwrights' paralleled sense of what transgression is. Three major connections between the characters and their unruly behavior in both plays are the price that rulers paid for their arrogance and hunger for power, infidelity among women and its consequences, and the ka summary from source:
Essay Grade: 94%
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