Richard III - A Play for our Time
"I am determined to prove a villain"

Historical approach to Shakespeare's Richard III

The battle of Bosworth from an early-sixteenth-century refief carving (from Seward, 1997)

Regarding the historical aspects one cannot definitely say whether Shakespeare created a new, evil Richard, or a historical portrait about a person full of villainy. Certainly we are not in the position to give an answer but you can be sure to get an insight into different attitudes of the medieval King Richard III.

     
    HOMEPAGE Shakespeare's 'Richard III'
    PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH Richard III and women
    Richard III the multi-faced villain
    Physical and psychological deformity
    Richard's family background
    HISTORICAL APPROACH Richard III in the mirror of centuries
    Justification of Tudor dynasty?
    History in Shakespeare's Richard III
    Guilty or not guilty?
    POLITICAL APPROACH Richard III - a modern dictator?
    Richard III the Machiavellian villain?
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