Crimperman on Nostr: nprofile1q…9qdar Plus Shakespeare's audience would have known the War of the Roses ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq0m09f2ss6neu2g5mlrrhydw4faqzq72cqlutaywestpflcu53ezqh9qdar (nprofile…qdar) Plus Shakespeare's audience would have known the War of the Roses continued into Richard's reign (which is in the play).
There's a good chance that Shakespeare is painting Richard as the epitome of the "war mongering", general bad guys House of York - bear in mind Elizabeth I (on the throne when he wrote it) was the grand daughter of Henry Tudor who beat Richard at Bosworth Field.
There's a good chance that Shakespeare is painting Richard as the epitome of the "war mongering", general bad guys House of York - bear in mind Elizabeth I (on the throne when he wrote it) was the grand daughter of Henry Tudor who beat Richard at Bosworth Field.