Clemen - A commentary on Shakespeares Richard III

SHAKESPEARE

Routledge Library Editions Shakespeare

WOLFGANG CLEMEN

First published in 1968

Reprinted in 2005 by
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1957 Vandenhoek & Ruprecht;
English Translation 1968 Methuen & Co Ltd

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A Commentary on Shakespeare's Richard III

ISBN 0-415-35279-7

ISBN 0-415-33086-6 (set)

Miniset: Critical Studies

Series: Routledge Library Editions Shakespeare

ENGLISH VERSION BY
JEAN BONHEIM

METHUEN & CO LTD
II New Fetter Lane, EC4

First published in Gttingen, 1957 under the title Kommentar zu Shakespeares Richard III by Vandenhoek & Ruprecht 1957 by Vandenhoek & Ruprecht First English language edition published 1968 by Methuen & Co Ltd II New Fetter Lane, EC4 English translation 1968 Methuen & Co Ltd Printed and bound in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd, Frome and London

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List of editions of Richard III which have been consulted:

The following texts of pre-Shakespearian plays have been used in this commentary:

for Alphonsus King of Aragon, The Battle of Alcazar, Campaspe, David and Bethsabe, Edward I, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, James IV, King Leir, Locrine, Orlando Furioso, Selimus, True Tragedy (The True Tragedy of Richard III), The Wounds of Civil War the text as found in the Malone Society Reprints.

for Cambises, The Foure PP, Gorboduc: or Ferrex and Porrex