page 204, inclusive. It is divided into acts and scenes, but omits the long list of characters, which was later given by Rowe. The Folio version differs in many ways from the Quarto, and editors are divided in their opinion as to which has the greater authority. The Folio gives nearly two hundred lines which are not found in the Quarto, while the Quarto shows several readings of its own. The Folio bears evidence of editorial revision other than Shakespeare's, and is better in its stage directions. The repetition of certain errors peculiar to the Third Quarto indicates that this was the text followed by the First Folio. But all the Quartos were poorly executed, and the Folio itself was more than usually marred in its mechanical dress. THE TRAGEDY OF with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field. RICHARD, Duke of Gloucester, af-brothers to the King. terwards King Richard III.,) A young son of Clarence. HENRY, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry CARDINAL BOURCHIER, Archbishop of Canterbury. JOHN MORTON, Bishop of Ely. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. DUKE OF Norfolk. EARL OF SURREY, his son. EARL RIVERS, brother to Elizabeth. MARQUIS OF DORSET and LORD GRAY, sons to Eliza beth. EARL OF OXFORD. LORD HASTINGS. LORD STANLEY, called also Earl of Derby. LORD LOVEL. SIR THOMAS VAUGHAN. SIR EDWARD RATCLIFF. SIR JAMES TYRREL. SIR WALTER HERBERT. SIR ROBERT BRAKENBURY, Lieutenant of the Tower. CHRISTOPHER URSWICK, a priest. Another Priest. TRESSEL and BERKELEY, gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne. Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff of Wiltshire. ELIZABETH, Queen to King Edward IV. DUCHESS OF YORK, mother to King Edward IV. Ghosts of those murdered by Richard III., Lords and other attendants; a Pursuivant, Scriveners, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers, Soldiers, &c. SCENE: England.] |