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31 CHAPTERS

Ongoing Story

Richard III

After the bloody battle at Tewksbury and the second dethroning of Henry VI, England and its citizens are finally able to enjoy peace under the reign of Edward IV. The remaining Lancastrian leaders are either killed or scattered to the four winds. Within the kingdom, not everyone is happy with their new king—and when Edward falls ill, his power-hungry brother Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, sees his chance and prepares...

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CHAPTERS

31

Dramatis Personae

King Edward the Fourth Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward V, son to the King Richard, Duke of York, son to the King George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the King Richard, Duke of Gloucest...

Act 1

London. A street. Richard, Duke of Gloucester: Enter Richard, Duke of Gloucester, solus. Gloucester: Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds th...

Scene 1 1

London. A street. Richard, Duke of Gloucester: Enter Richard, Duke of Gloucester, solus. Gloucester: Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds th...

Scene 1 2

The same. Another street. King Henry the Sixth: Enter the corpse of King Henry the Sixth, Gentlemen with halberds to guard it; Lady Anne being the mourner. Anne: Set down, set down your honourable loa...

Scene 1 3

The palace. Queen Elizabeth: Enter Queen Elizabeth, Lord Rivers, and Lord Grey. Rivers: Have patience, madam: there’s no doubt his majesty Will soon recover his accustom’d health. Grey: In that you br...

Scene 1 4

London. The Tower. Clarence: Enter Clarence and Brakenbury. Brakenbury: Why looks your grace so heavily to-day? Clarence: O, I have pass’d a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams,...

Act 2

London. The palace. King Edward: Flourish. Enter King Edward sick, Queen Elizabeth, Dorset, Rivers, Hastings, Buckingham, Grey, and others. King Edward: Why, so: now have I done a good day’s work: You...

Scene 2 1

London. The palace. King Edward: Flourish. Enter King Edward sick, Queen Elizabeth, Dorset, Rivers, Hastings, Buckingham, Grey, and others. King Edward: Why, so: now have I done a good day’s work: You...

Scene 2 2

The palace. Duchess of York: Enter the Duchess of York, with the two children of Clarence. Boy: Tell me, good grandam, is our father dead? Duchess: No, boy. Boy: Why do you wring your hands, and beat ...

Scene 2 3

London. A street. Citizens: Enter two Citizens, meeting. First Citizen: Neighbour, well met: whither away so fast? Second Citizen: I promise you, I scarcely know myself: Hear you the news abroad? Firs...

Scene 2 4

London. The palace. Archbishop of York: Enter the Archbishop of York, the young Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth, and the Duchess of York. Archbishop: Last night, I hear, they lay at Northampton; At Ston...

Act 3

London. A street. Prince: The trumpets sound. Enter the young Prince, the Dukes ofGloucester and Buckingham, Cardinal Bourchier, Catesby, and others. Buckingham: Welcome, sweet prince, to London, to y...

Scene 3 1

London. A street. Prince: The trumpets sound. Enter the young Prince, the Dukes ofGloucester and Buckingham, Cardinal Bourchier, Catesby, and others. Buckingham: Welcome, sweet prince, to London, to y...

Scene 3 2

Before Lord Hastings’ house. Messenger: Enter a Messenger. Messenger: What, ho! my lord! Hastings: Within. Who knocks at the door? Messenger: A messenger from the Lord Stanley. Lord Hastings: Enter Lo...

Scene 3 3

Pomfret Castle. Sir Richard Ratcliff: Enter Sir Richard Ratcliff, with halberds, carrying Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan to death. Ratcliff: Come, bring forth the prisoners. Rivers: Sir Richard Ratcliff, l...

Scene 3 4

The Tower of London. Buckingham: Enter Buckingham, Derby, Hastings, the Bishop of Ely, Ratcliff, Lovel, with others, and take their seats at a table. Hastings: My lords, at once: the cause why we are ...

Scene 3 5

The Tower-walls. Gloucester: Enter Gloucester and Buckingham, in rotten armour, marvellous ill-favoured. Gloucester: Come, cousin, canst thou quake, and change thy colour, Murder thy breath in the mid...

Scene 3 6

The same. Scrivener: Enter a Scrivener, with a paper in his hand. Scrivener: This is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings; Which in a set hand fairly is engross’d, That it may be this day read ove...

Scene 3 7

Baynard’s Castle. Gloucester: Enter Gloucester and Buckingham, at several doors. Gloucester: How now, my lord, what say the citizens? Buckingham: Now, by the holy mother of our Lord, The citizens are ...

Act 4

Before the Tower. Queen Elizabeth: Enter, on one side, Queen Elizabeth, Duchess of York, and Marquess of Dorset; on the other, Anne, Duchess of Gloucester, leading Lady Margaret Plantagenet, Clarence’...

Scene 4 1

Before the Tower. Queen Elizabeth: Enter, on one side, Queen Elizabeth, Duchess of York, and Marquess of Dorset; on the other, Anne, Duchess of Gloucester, leading Lady Margaret Plantagenet, Clarence’...

Scene 4 2

London. The palace. Richard: Sennet. Enter Richard, in pomp, crowned; Buckingham, Catesby, a Page, and others. King Richard: Stand all apart Cousin of Buckingham! Buckingham: My gracious sovereign? Ki...

Scene 4 3

The same. Tyrrel: Enter Tyrrel. Tyrrel: The tyrannous and bloody deed is done, The most arch of piteous massacre That ever yet this land was guilty of. Dighton and Forrest, whom I did suborn To do thi...

Scene 4 4

Before the palace. Queen Margaret: Enter Queen Margaret. Queen Margaret: So, now prosperity begins to mellow And drop into the rotten mouth of death. Here in these confines slily have I lurk’d, To wat...

Scene 4 5

Lord Derby’s house. Derby: Enter Derby and Sir Christopher Urswick. Derby: Sir Christopher, tell Richmond this from me: That in the sty of this most bloody boar My son George Stanley is frank’d up in ...

Act 5

Salisbury. An open place. Sheriff: Enter the Sheriff, and Buckingham, with halberds, led to execution. Buckingham: Will not King Richard let me speak with him? Sheriff: No, my good lord; therefore be ...

Scene 5 1

Salisbury. An open place. Sheriff: Enter the Sheriff, and Buckingham, with halberds, led to execution. Buckingham: Will not King Richard let me speak with him? Sheriff: No, my good lord; therefore be ...

Scene 5 2

The camp near Tamworth. Richmond: Enter Richmond, Oxford, Blunt, Herbert, and others, with drum and colours. Richmond: Fellows in arms, and my most loving friends, Bruised underneath the yoke of tyran...

Scene 5 3

Bosworth Field. King Richard: Enter King Richard in arms, with Norfolk, the Earl of Surrey, and others. King Richard: Here pitch our tents, even here in Bosworth field. My Lord of Surrey, why look you...

Scene 5 4

Another part of the field. Norfolk: Alarum: excursions. Enter Norfolk and forces fighting; to him Catesby. Catesby: Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue! The king enacts more wonders than a man,...

Scene 5 5

Another part of the field. Richard: Alarum. Enter Richard and Richmond; they fight. Richard is slain. Retreat and flourish. Reenter Richmond, Derby bearing the crown, with divers other Lords. Richmond...