Richard III (1927) Yale

by William Shakespeare

For other versions of this work, see Richard III (Shakespeare).

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THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD
THE THIRD

WITH THE LANDING OF EARL RICHMOND
AND THE BATTLE AT BOSWORTH FIELD

EDITED BY
JACK R. CRAWFORD

 

 

NEW HAVEN AND LONDON
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

 

Copyright 1927 By Yale University Press

Fifth printing, March 1965

Printed in the United States of America

All rights reserved to the editorial contributions to this edition, which may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form, except by written permission from the publishers.

Published under the Direction of the Department of English, Yale University, on the Fund given to the Yale University Press in 1917 by the Members of the Kingsley Trust Association (Scroll and Key Society of Yale College) to Commemorate the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the Society

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	PAGE
The Text	1
Act I	1
Act II	40
Act III	57
Act IV	89
Act V	122
Notes	141
Appendix A. Sources of the Play	176
Appendix B. History of the Play	178
Appendix C. Text of the Present Edition	188
Appendix D. Suggestions for Collateral Reading	197
Index of Words Glossed	199

 

Portrait of David Garrick in the character of Richard III. This engraving was first published in 1746 from the painting by William Hogarth. The artist had as collaborator in making the engraving Charles Grignion. The original painting is now at Duncombe Park, Yorkshire. The scene represents Richard at the time of Ratcliff’s entrance, V. iii. 208.

 

THE YALE SHAKESPEARE

 

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Edited by

Wilbur L. CrossTucker Brooke

 

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Published under the Direction

of the

Department of English, Yale University,

on the Fund

Given to the Yale University Press in 1917

by the Members of the

Kingsley Trust Association

(Scroll and Key Society of Yale College)

To Commemorate the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary

of the Founding of the Society