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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
The Theatrical World
William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gentleman
The Question of Authorship
The Texts of Shakespeare
Introduction
Note on the Text
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
Names of the Actors
I.1 Enter Richard Duke of Gloucester solus.
I.2 Enter [Gentlemen bearing] the corpse of Henry the Sixth [in an open coffin], with Halberds to guard it, Lady Anne being the mourner [attended by Tressel and Berkeley].
I.3 Enter the Queen Mother [Elizabeth], Lord Rivers, [Marquess of Dorset,] and Lord Grey.
I.4 Enter Clarence and Keeper.
II.1 Flourish. Enter the King [Edward], sick, the Queen, Lord Marquess Dorset, [Grey,] Rivers, Hastings, Catesby, [and] Buckingham.
II.2 Enter the old Duchess of York, with the two Children of Clarence [Edward and Margaret Plantagenet].
II.3 Enter one Citizen at one door and another at the other.
II.4 Enter [the] Archbishop [of York], [the] young [Duke of] York, the Queen [Elizabeth], and the Duchess [of York].
III.1 The trumpets sound. Enter young Prince [Edward of Wales], the Dukes of Gloucester and Buckingham, Lord Cardinal [Bourchier, Catesby,] with others.
III.2 Enter a Messenger to the door of [Lord] Hastings.
III.3 Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe, with Halberds, carrying the Nobles [Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan] to death at Pomfret.
III.4 Enter Buckingham, [Lord Stanley Earl of] Derby, Hastings, Bishop of Ely, Norfolk, Ratcliffe, Lovel, with others, at a table.
III.5 Enter Richard [Duke of Gloucester], and Buckingham, in rotten armor, marvelous ill-favored.
III.6 Enter a Scrivener [with a paper in his hand].
III.7 Enter Richard [Duke of Gloucester] and Buckingham at several doors.
IV.1 Enter the Queen [Elizabeth], the Duchess of York, and Marquess [of] Dorset [at one door]; Anne Duchess of Gloucester [, Lady Margaret Plantagenet, Clarence’s young daughter, at another door].
IV.2 Sound a sennet. Enter Richard [as King], in pomp, [crowned,] Buckingham, Catesby, Ratcliffe, Lovel [, a Page, and others].
IV.3 Enter Tyrrel.
IV.4 Enter old Queen Margaret.
IV.5 Enter [Lord Stanley Earl of] Derby, and Sir Christopher [Urswick, a priest].
V.1 Enter Buckingham with Halberds [and the Sheriff], led to execution.
V.2 Enter [Henry Earl of] Richmond, [the Earl of] Oxford, [Sir James] Blunt, [Sir Walter] Herbert, and others, with Drum and Colors.
V.3 Enter King Richard in arms, with Norfolk, Ratcliffe, and the Earl of Surrey [, and Soldiers].
V.4 Alarum. Excursions. Enter Catesby.
V.5 Alarum. Enter [King] Richard and Richmond; they fight; Richard is slain. [Exit Richmond. Richard’s body is carried off.] Then retreat being sounded. [Flourish.] Enter Richmond, [Lord Stanley Earl of] Derby, bearing the crown, with divers other Lords [and Soldiers].
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