| 1622 | Shakespeare, William | Richard the Third | |
Reference InformationDEEP #:
230
Greg #: 142f
STC/Wing #: 22319
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): History
Book Edition: 6
Play Edition: 6
Format: Quarto
Leaves: 46
Date of First Publication: 1597
Date of First Production: 1592 [1591-1593]
Company of First Production: Unknown
Company Attribution: King's Men
Total Editions: 8 quartos, 2 folios in collection
Title-Page FeaturesTitle: THE TRAGEDIE OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD. Contayning his treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence: The pittifull murder of his innocent Nephewes: his tyrannicall Vsurpation: with the whole course of his detested life, and most deserued death.
Author: Newly augmented. By William Shake-speare.
Performance: As it hath been lately Acted by the Kings Maiesties Seruants.
Imprint: LONDON, Printed by Thomas Purfoot, and are to be sold by Mathew Law, dwelling in Pauls Church-yard, at the Signe of the Foxe, neere S. Austines gate, 1622.
Paratextual MaterialNone
Stationer InformationPrinter: Purfoot, Thomas (2)
Bookseller: Law, Matthew
Imprint Location: A.7 (Paul's Churchyard - Southeast)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Oct 20, 1597: Entered to Andrew Wise: "The tragedie of kinge Richard the Third with the death of the duke of Clarence".
Jun 25, 1603: Transferred from Andrew Wise to Matthew Law: "iij enterludes or playes. The ffirst is of Richard the .3. ... all kinges." Additional Notes: William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion dates the first production to 1592-1593; Annals dates it to 1592 [1591-1592].
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