Play on Words

full length · drama

King Richard III

by William Shakespeare

47 roles (0M / 0F / 47 any) · approx 175–242 minutes · 5 acts

Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.

Characters

Richard supporting 158 speeches
King Richard supporting 138 speeches
Queen Elizabeth supporting 96 speeches
Buckingham supporting 91 speeches
Anne minor 50 speeches
Duchess minor 45 speeches
Hastings minor 43 speeches
First Murderer minor 35 speeches
Stanley minor 34 speeches
Queen Margaret minor 33 speeches
Clarence minor 32 speeches
Second Murderer minor 30 speeches
Catesby minor 28 speeches
York minor 21 speeches
Rivers minor 19 speeches
Prince minor 18 speeches
Ratcliffe minor 18 speeches
Richmond minor 14 speeches
Messenger minor 13 speeches
King Edward minor 12 speeches
Brakenbury minor 11 speeches
Tyrrel minor 10 speeches
Third Citizen minor 9 speeches
Dorset minor 8 speeches
Mayor minor 8 speeches
Norfolk minor 8 speeches
Grey minor 7 speeches
Boy minor 7 speeches
First Citizen minor 7 speeches
Keeper minor 6 speeches
Second Citizen minor 6 speeches
Scene Ii minor 5 speeches
Archbishop minor 5 speeches
Ely minor 5 speeches
Scene I. London minor 4 speeches
Scene Iv. London minor 4 speeches
Scene Iii. London minor 3 speeches
Girl minor 3 speeches
Children minor 3 speeches
Pursuivant minor 3 speeches
Scene V minor 3 speeches
Page minor 3 speeches
Third Messenger minor 3 speeches
Blunt minor 3 speeches
Lords minor 3 speeches
Scene Iii minor 2 speeches
Enter Catesby minor 2 speeches

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