Richard III (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Shakespeare
- First Published: 1597
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Fifteenth century
- Genres: Drama, History play, Tragedy
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Marriage, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Brothers, England or English people, Violence, Kings, queens, or royalty, Fifteenth century
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
*Westminster Palace. London residence of the rulers of England from the eleventh through sixteenth centuries (later used for the Houses of Parliament), alongside the River Thames, near Westminster Abbey. Built by William the Conqueror, the palace was long the central locus of both the home of the royal family and the royal court. In this play its dynamics are volatile, given the presence of the Yorkist king Edward IV and his kin, victorious but internally divided, and the widows of the defeated Lancastrian king Henry VI and his Prince of Wales. The palace as...
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