Richard III Performed
1593 AD · Early Modern
William Shakespeare's Richard III was composed circa 1592-1593. The play dramatizes the rise and fall of King Richard III of England, covering events from 1471 to the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. It drew primarily from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles and Thomas More's History of King Richard III. Richard Burbage originated the title role at The Theatre in Shoreditch, and the play became one of Shakespeare's most frequently performed works during his lifetime.
Key Figures
William ShakespeareRichard BurbagePhilip Henslowe
Locations
London, EnglandRose Theatre
Topics
artEnglandliteratureplay
Connected Events — 3 Connections
Richard III commercial success established Shakespeare as a playwright of historical drama, directly enabling his later history plays including Julius Caesar at the Globe Shakespeare's Julius Caesar First Performed
Richard III was among the most frequently performed Shakespeare plays collected in the 1623 First Folio which preserved the text in its authoritative form Shakespeare's First Folio Published
Shakespeare wrote and staged Richard III approximately 29 years after his birth, establishing his reputation as a playwright with his first major history play William Shakespeare Born
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