The scene is dynamic and is the one moment when truth is spoken to power. The scene is led by the women of the play, of which there are four insanely amazing independent and vibrant women characters, and it weaves from cursing to courting to sorrow and rage. My favorite scene in the play encapsulates all that is good (not morally) in Richard III, Act IV Scene 4. Sound familiar? Richard IIIstill holding up hundreds of years later. He centers the play around a corrupt ruler and his unchecked power and entitlement, not to mention his deep seated misogyny. As with all his plays, Shakespeare has a point of view on what we’re watching.
Shakespeare layers so much in each line, drawing back to the three previous plays, and verbal sparring that is thrilling to read, let alone watch. I was lucky enough to be in two different productions of Richard III, and grew to learn about the text intimately. I won’t give anything away, but he is delightfully terrible. Richard has all the things you want from a bad guy, he is clearly the smartest and most detestable person in the room.
It is full of blood and lies and fantastic wit and dialogue. This play chronicles Richard’s assent from Richard Duke of Gloucester to King Richard III. In this final chapter of the bloody war of the roses, the House of Plantagenet finally ascends the throne, putting our anti-hero, Richard, a stones throw from the throne. For as much as I enjoyed Henry VI Part III Richard IIIis leaps and bounds better. It is the fourth and final part of the Henry VI tetralogy. This month, for the #ShaketheStacks challenge I read one of my most favorite Shakespeare plays, Richard III.
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