The Oxford Shakespeare - Richard III
The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers
- a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings
- uses the First Quarto, the text closest to the play as it would have been staged
- includes passages from Sir Thomas More's 'History of Richard III'
- on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging, allusions, and much else
- detailed introduction considers composition, sources, performances, and changing critical attitudes to the play
- illustrated with production photographs and related art
- full index to introduction and commentary
- durable sewn binding for lasting use