Richard III (1927) Yale/Text

by William Shakespeare

Layout 2

The Tragedy of Richard the Third,

with the Landing of Earl Richmond, and the Battle at Bosworth Field.

 

ACTS: (not listed in original)

• Act I
• Act II
• Act III
• Act IV
• Act V

[DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

King Edward the Fourth, King of Britain

Edward, Prince of Wales; afterwards King Edward the Fifth,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Sons to the King
Richard, Duke of York,

George, Duke of Clarence,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Brothers to the King
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard the Third,

Edward, a young Son of Clarence

Henry, Earl of Richmond; afterwards King Henry the Seventh

Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury

Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York

John Morton, Bishop of Ely

Duke of Buckingham

Duke of Norfolk

Earl of Surrey, his Son

Earl Rivers, Brother to King Edward's Queen

Marquess of Dorset, and Lord Grey, her Sons

Earl of Oxford

Lord Hastings

Earl of Derby, called also Lord Stanley

Lord Lovel

Sir Tomas Vaughan

Sir Richard Ratcliff

Sir William Catesby

Sir James Tyrrell

Sir James Blunt

Sir Walter Herbert

Sir Robert Brakenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower

Sir William Brandon

Sir Christopher Urswick, a Priest

Another Priest

Lord Mayor of London

Sheriff of Wiltshire

Tressel and Berkeley, Gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne

Elizabeth, Queen of King Edward the Fourth

Margaret, Widow of King Henry the Sixth

Duchess of York, Mother to King Edward the Fourth, Clarence, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Lady Anne, Widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, Son to King Henry the Sixth; afterwards married to Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Lady Margaret Plantagenet, a young Daughter of Clarence

Lords, and other Attendants; two Gentlemen, a Keeper, a Pursuivant, Scrivener, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers, Ghosts of those murdered by Richard the Third, Soldiers, &c.

 

Scene—England.]