Richard III (1927) Yale
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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
Edited by
Wilbur L. CrossTucker Brooke
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
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