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1. See Laurence Olivier's film version of Richard III (1955) or read Shakespeare's Henry VI, "Part III" and Richard III and compare the characterization of Richard of Gloucester with Stevenson's.

2. Compare John Amend-All and his band of forest outlaws to Robin Hood.

3. Was Richard of Gloucester, later Richard III, the villain that Shakespeare and, to some extent, Stevenson portray? For a contrasting view, read and report on Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951), the portion of Thomas B. Costain's The Last Plantagenets (1962)...

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