Richard III by William Shakespeare

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:film
gptkb:opera
gptkb:television
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:category Elizabethan theatre
tragedy (sometimes classified as such)
gptkbp:contains gptkb:murder
betrayal
ghosts
soliloquies
battle scenes
court intrigue
gptkbp:featuresCharacter gptkb:Richmond_(Henry_VII)
gptkb:Queen_Margaret
gptkb:Lady_Anne_Neville
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth
gptkb:Lord_Hastings
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:firstPerformed circa 1593
gptkbp:firstPublished 1597
gptkbp:followedBy none (last in tetralogy)
gptkbp:genre history play
gptkbp:historical_basis gptkb:Richard_III_of_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard III by William Shakespeare
gptkbp:influenced subsequent portrayals of Richard III
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Richard_III_of_England
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Ian_McKellen_1995_film
gptkb:Laurence_Olivier_1955_film
gptkb:Globe_Theatre
gptkb:Royal_Shakespeare_Company
gptkb:Al_Pacino's_Looking_for_Richard
gptkbp:notableQuote A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
Now is the winter of our discontent
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:part_of Shakespeare's first folio
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Henry_VI,_Part_3
gptkbp:setting gptkb:England
gptkbp:subject Wars of the Roses
rise and fall of Richard III
gptkbp:theme manipulation
conscience and guilt
legitimacy of rule
power and ambition
fate and prophecy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ian_McKellen_1995_film
gptkb:The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6