‘Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York’ Shakespeare’s closing drama of the Wars of the Roses cycle opens as the dust settles on England after bloody civil war, and the bitter, hunchbacked Richard, brother of the king, begins his secret campaign to seize the throne. Eloquent and treacherous, charming and viciously cruel, he will stop at nothing to reach his goal. Richard III gives us a man who — through his masterful manipulation of events and people — stands as a chilling embodiment of the temptations of power in a nation scarred by conflict. Used and Recommended by the National Theatre General Editor Stanley Wells Edited by E. A. J. Honigmann Introduction by Michael Taylor
ISBN 13: 9780141396651
Author: William Shakespeare
