Richard III is Shakespeare's first great theatrical creation: Richard is charming, witty, ironic, terrifying -- but he is also the embodiment, in his own personality, of the violence and chaos of the Wars of the Roses. This is the latest in the Propeller Series, a fresh and energized intervention in the Shakespeare market, with both a general and scholarly appeal.
Richard III is Shakespeare's first great theatrical creation: Richard is charming, witty, ironic, terrifying -- but he is also the embodiment, in his own personality, of the violence and chaos of the Wars of the Roses. This is the latest in the Propeller Series, a fresh and energized intervention in the Shakespeare market, with both a general and scholarly appeal.