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Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.
Beau Willimon

Meaning of "Richard III" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RICHARD III

Richard III play
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WHAT DOES RICHARD III MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Richard III

Richard III of England

Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, symbolises the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of the play Richard III by William Shakespeare. When his brother Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm for Edward's son and successor, the 12-year-old King Edward V. As the young king travelled to London from Ludlow, Richard met and escorted him to lodgings in the Tower of London where Edward V's brother Richard joined him shortly afterwards. Arrangements were made for Edward's coronation on 22 June 1483, but before the young king could be crowned, his father's marriage to his mother Elizabeth Woodville was declared invalid, making their children illegitimate and ineligible for the throne. On 25 June, an assembly of lords and commoners endorsed the claims. The following day, Richard III began his reign, and he was crowned on 6 July 1483.

Definition of Richard III in the English dictionary

The definition of Richard III in the dictionary is 1452–85, king of England, notorious as the suspected murderer of his two young nephews in the Tower of London. He proved an able administrator until his brief reign was ended by his death at the hands of Henry Tudor at the battle of Bosworth Field.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RICHARD III

Alexander III
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理查三世
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Richard III
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Richard III
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रिचर्ड III
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ريتشارد الثالث
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Ричард III
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Richard III
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রিচার্ড III
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Richard III
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Richard III
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Richard III
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リチャード三世
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리처드 3 세
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Richard III
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Richard III
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ரிச்சர்டு III
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रिचर्ड तिसरा
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Richard III
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Riccardo III
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Ryszard III
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Річард III
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Richard III
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Richard III
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Richard III
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Rikard III
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Richard III
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4 QUOTES WITH «RICHARD III»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Richard III.
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Ted Lange
I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.
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Mark Strong
If you think about Shakespeare, you remember Richard III and Macbeth before you remember Ferdinand, whose role is just to fall in love and be a bit of a wimp. I love the baddies. More important, though, is making the baddies somehow, weirdly, understood.
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Kurt Sutter
The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of action. It's a lot of asides and soliloquies where he's wrapped in angst, and that's not a very interesting character.
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Beau Willimon
Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RICHARD III»

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Richard the Third
Contents include: PREFACE: PROLOGUE BOOK ONE The Kings Brother Part One Richard, Duke of Gloucester 4 49 60 81 89 107 122 33 142 150 162 181 193 207 218 239 8 RICHARD THE THIRD VI. THE ROAD TO THE THRONE 255 VII.
Everard M. Upjohn, Paul Murray Kendall, 2008
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Richard III
Examines how Richard came to power in fifteenth-century Britain and attempts to reconcile his ruthless political actions with his beneficent rule.
Charles Ross, 1983
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Richard III
Final play in Shakespeare's dramatization of the strife between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Richard is stunning archvillain who seduces, betrays, and murders his way to the throne. Explanatory footnotes.
William Shakespeare, 1995
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Richard III
Designed to provide insight and an overview about each text for students and teachers, these guides endeavor to develop knowledge and understanding rather than just provide answers and summaries.
Sue Tweg, 2011
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Royal Blood: King Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes
Immortalized by Shakespeare and historians, Richard III is history's royal villain. This book offers a look at the case of Richard and the princes in the tower.
Bertram Fields, 2006
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Richard III's books: ideals and reality in the life and ...
What the most notorious of English kings read and what his reading reveals about Richard III's society.
Anne F. Sutton, Livia Visser-Fuchs, 1997
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Richard III
The main focus of this book is Richard III as king, and also the development of the English monarchy and society at the end of the medieval era and the beginning of the early modern period.
David Hipshon, 2011
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Richard III
The story of the most vilified English king, from model of nobility to murderer and monster. Richard III has been written off in history as one of England's evil kings.
Michael Hicks, 2011
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Richard III
Presents essays written from the seventeenth through the early twenty-first centuries that offer an analysis and critique of "Richard III," and includes a summary of the play and excerpts of key passages.
Harold Bloom, Janyce Marson, 2010
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Richard III
Discusses the plot, historical context, and characters of the Shakesperean classic play, and includes a timeline of the author's life and works.
Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RICHARD III»

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Richard III: The University of Leicester expected to change name to …
These included “Plantagenet Midlands”; “The University of Leicester, We Found Richard III”; and “The PR University”, after “Plantagenet Richard”. More radical ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
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At Last, A Fitting Farewell For Richard III
Richard III was buried this week, two years after his abandoned bones were certified to be under a modern-day car park, and 530 years after he was the last ... «NPR, Mar 15»
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Richard III: Battle of Bosworth descendants meet for king's reburial
An engraving of Richard III and the Earl of Richmond at the Battle of Bosworth. ... Descendants of mortal enemies who fought for Henry Tudor and Richard III at ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Richard III was one of the most evil, detestable tyrants to walk this …
But Richard need not have died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Unseated from his horse, he was urged by supporters to withdraw from the field. But he knew ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Richard III: Leicester welcomes king's remains
Archaeologists, academics, researchers and descendants of Richard III's family, including Michael Ibsen who built the coffin, placed white roses on it during the ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
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Richard III sealed inside a lead-lined coffin ahead of burial next week
The blow that killed King Richard III in battle was so powerful that it went up through the base of his brain and left an indentation on the inside of his skull, ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Richard III's final death blow revealed
According to findings published earlier by the scientists in the Lancet medical journal, the lethal blows came from one of two devastating swipes to the back of ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Richard III's DNA throws up infidelity surprise
Analysis of DNA from Richard III has thrown up a surprise: evidence of infidelity in his family tree. Scientists who studied genetic material from remains found in a ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
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Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III - first look
... the first picture of Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III has been released. ... was confirmed to take part in Richard III back in April via BBC Two's Twitter page: ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
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King Richard III killed by blows to skull
King Richard III was probably killed by two blows to the head during a "sustained attack", according to new scientific research. The English king was killed at the ... «BBC News, Sep 14»

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