Richard of Gloucester — deformed, brilliant, and utterly without scruple — wills himself to the throne of England through a succession of murders and manipulations, taking the audience into his confidence at every step. Shakespeare’s Richard III is one of the great theatrical villains, a character of such monstrous vitality that audiences find themselves complicit in his crimes.
The play’s opening soliloquy — ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’ — is among the most famous in literature. This free EPUB is cleanly formatted for Kindle, Kobo, or any e-reader.