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RICHARD III by William Shakespeare - FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified as such. Occasionally, however, as in the quarto edition, it is termed a tragedy. Richard III concludes Shakespeare's first tetralogy (also containing Henry VI parts 1--3). After Hamlet, it is the longest play in the canon and is the longest of the First Folio, whose version of Hamlet is shorter than its Quarto counterpart. The play is rarely performed unabridged; often, certain peripheral characters are removed entirely. In such instances extra lines are often invented or added from elsewhere in the sequence to establish the nature of characters' relationships. A further reason for abridgment is that Shakespeare assumed that his audiences would be familiar with the Henry VI plays, and frequently made indirect references to events in them, such as Richard's murder of Henry VI or the defeat of Henry's queen Margaret. - SUBSCRIBE to Greatest Audio Books: http://www.youtube.com/GreatestAudioBooks - Become a FRIEND: Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/GreatestAudioBooks Google+: - READ along by clicking (CC) for Closed Caption Transcript! - LISTEN to the entire audiobook for free! Chapter listing and length: 0 - Dramatis Personae -- 00:03:33 1 - Act 1 -- 00:59:43 2 - Act 2 -- 00:23:16 3 - Act 3 -- 00:45:28 4 - Act 4 -- 00:49:23 5 - Act 5 -- 00:28:01 CAST: King Edward IV: David Cole Edward, Prince of Wales: Sandra G Richard, Duke of York: Tricia G George, Duke of Clarence: Bob Sherman Richard, Duke of Gloucester: David Nicol Son of Clarence: Nadine Eckert-Boulet Henry, Earl of Richmond; Lord Mayor of London: Mark F. Smith Cardinal Bourchier; Sir James Blunt: Nullifidian Archbishop of York; Daughter of Clarence; Page: Availle Duke of Buckingham: mb Duke of Norfolk: Bruce Pirie Earl of Surrey: Lucy Perry Earl Rivers: Denny Sayers Marquis of Dorset; Second Citizen: StephenC Lord Grey: om123 Earl of Oxford; Fourth Messenger: Roger Clifton Lord Hastings: Peter Bloomfield Lord Stanley: Andy Minter Lord Lovel; Sir Walter Herbert: L. Lambert Lawson Sir Thomas Vaughan; Priest; First Gentleman: David Lawrence Sir Richard Ratcliff: Filippo Giaochin Sir William Catesby: Arixa Sir James Tyrrel; Third Citizen; Ghost of Henry VI: 1evilmofo Sir Robert Brakenbury: Garrett Fitzgerald Christopher Urswick: Christopher Caron Sheriff of Wiltshire; Bishop of Ely; First Murderer: Rismyth Queen Elizabeth; Scrivener: Elizabeth Klett Queen Margaret: Ruth Golding Duchess of York: Karen Savage Lady Anne: Arielle Lipshaw Second Murderer; First Citizen; Third Messenger: Sonja Messenger: Kalynda Second Messenger: Veronica Jenkins Pursuivant: Matt Judd Ghost of Prince Edward: Snaefaxi Narrator: Diana Majlinger Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett Total running time: 3:29:24 In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by: Dedicated Proof-Listener: David Lawrence Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Elizabeth Klett This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org. This video: Copyright 2013. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved.