Guide Note:Richard III (Play) is a classic history by William Shakespeare.
Fast Facts:
- Written: 1591
- Primary source: Chronicles - Raphael Holinshed
- Entered into Stationers' Register: October 20, 1597 by bookseller Andrew Wise
- Shakespeare's second longest play (after Hamlet)
- First performance: Saturday, November 17, 1633 - at Court in celebration of Queen Henrietta Maria
- Ran for 33 performances on Broadway in 1979
- Main Characters:
- Richard III
- George of Clarence
- Lady Anne Neville
- Queen Margaret
- Earl of Richmond
- Famous Quotes:
- Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York. 1.1
- I am not in the giving vein to-day. 4.2
- Harp not on that string. 4.4
- A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! 5.4