Richard III

by William Shakespeare from c. 1592–93

About

The physically deformed Richard of Gloucester schemes, manipulates, and murders his way to the English throne in the chaos following the Wars of the Roses. His reign of terror alienates all his allies until he is defeated and killed at Bosworth Field by Henry Tudor, who becomes Henry VII.

Richard III

Characters: 62
Words: 26k
Acts: 5
Duration: ~3 hr 15 min

Characters

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1

RICHARD

RICHARD

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327

2

QUEEN ELIZABETH

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135

3

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM

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96

4

DUCHESS OF YORK

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68

5

LADY ANNE

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51

6

HASTINGS

—

44

7

Clarence's BOY

—

41

8

LORD STANLEY

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36

25 sections

26k words

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Act 1

1

Act 1 Scene 1

1.1k8:04

2

Act 1 Scene 2

1.4k10:48

3

Act 1 Scene 3

2.7k20:25

4

Act 1 Scene 4

2.1k15:56

Act 2

5

Act 2 Scene 1

1k7:47

6

Act 2 Scene 2

1.2k9:06

7

Act 2 Scene 3

3993:00

8

Act 2 Scene 4

5914:26

Act 3

9

Act 3 Scene 1

1.6k11:43

10

Act 3 Scene 2

9607:12

11

Act 3 Scene 3

1901:26

12

Act 3 Scene 4

7865:54

13

Act 3 Scene 5

7825:52

14

Act 3 Scene 6

1160:52

15

Act 3 Scene 7

1.8k13:09

Act 4

16

Act 4 Scene 1

8176:08

17

Act 4 Scene 2

7705:47

18

Act 4 Scene 3

4303:14

19

Act 4 Scene 4

4.2k31:28

20

Act 4 Scene 5

1571:11

Act 5

21

Act 5 Scene 1

2281:43

22

Act 5 Scene 2

1881:25

23

Act 5 Scene 3

2k15:08

24

Act 5 Scene 4

1100:50

25

Act 5 Scene 5

3152:22

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