The Tragedy of King Richard III (Oxford Shakespeare) (Taschenbuch) von William Shakespeare   Rezensionen: "Now is the winter of our discontent," intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of Shakespeare'sRichard III, one of his most abidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals of political tyranny ever seen on stage. Richard emerges from the chaos which surrounds the reign of Henry VI, already dramatised by Shakespeare earlier in his career, determined to become king by removing his elder brother Edward IV by convincing him that their brother Clarence is plotting against the crown. The deaths of both Clarence and Edward take Richard inexorably towards the crown, and the series of murders and conspiracies that Richard masterminds confirms his claim that "I am determined to prove a villain". Richard's political and sexual charisma are truly chilling, and his seduction of Lady Anne, over her husband's corpse is one of the most disturbing scenes in Shakespeare. At another level, the play is also a strongly anti-Yorkist play, which has a vested interest in portraying Richard as such as vicious tyrant before seeing him toppled, ushering in a period of rule which prefigured the Tudor dynasty of which Elizabeth I was herself a part. The play has had a deep and lasting influence on audiences and writers; Brecht rewrote the play asThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, while both Laurance Olivier and Ian Mckellen have produced memorable film versions ofRichard III, the latter updating the play into a 1930s fascist state ruled over by a Richard akin to Oswald Mosley. --Jerry Brotton-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels. © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Tragedy ,  King ,  Richard  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Titus Andronicus (New Cambridge Shakespeare) von William Shakespeare Hamlet.: Hamlet (Oxford World's Classics) von William Shakespeare Love's Labor's Lost. (Folger's Shakespeare Library) von William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice von William Shakespeare Mehr zu  Theater,  Paperback,  British,  Shakespeare, William,  British & Irish,  Shakespeare,  Drama,  Classics,  Literary,  Criticism & Theory,  Early Modern,  Shakespeare, William,  British,  Shakespeare,  Education,  Study Guides Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)