《리처드 3세》는 셰익스피어의 희곡으로, 에드워드 4세의 짧은 통치 이후 왕위에 오른 그의 동생 리처드 3세 통치 하에서 귀족들의 반란으로 영국이 다시 내란에 휩싸이고, 마침내 랑카스터 가의 외척이자 튜더 왕조의 시조가 된 리치먼드 백작 헨리 튜더에 의해 평정되기까지의 기간을 다루고 있다.
Richard III is a play by William Shakespeare. It was probably written c.?1592?1594. It is labelled a history in the First Folio, and is usually considered one, but it is sometimes called a tragedy, as in the quarto edition. Richard III concludes Shakespeare's first tetralogy (also containing Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, and Henry VI, Part 3) and depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England.
It is the second longest play in the Shakespearean canon and is the longest of the First Folio, whose version of Hamlet, otherwise the longest, is shorter than its quarto counterpart. The play is often abridged for brevity, and peripheral characters removed. In such cases, extra lines are often invented or added from elsewhere to establish the nature of the characters' relationships. A further reason for abridgment is that Shakespeare assumed his audiences' familiarity with his Henry VI plays, frequently referring to these plays.
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