SADNESS. Act III., Sc. 2. "Accords not with the sadness of my suit." Sadness is used, as sad often was, in the sense of seriousness. STALE. Act III., Sc. 3. "Had he none else to make a stale but me?" Stale is stalking-horse, as in the Comedy of Errors'— Ford, however, has used the word in a sense that seems to To be the stale of laughter." STIGMATIC. Act II., Sc. 2. See 'Henry VI.' Part II.' STRATAGEMS. Act II., Sc. 5. "What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly." Stratagems does not here mean merely the events of war, its surprises and snares, but its disasters, as has been shown by M. Mason. WISP. Act II., Sc. 2. "A wisp of straw were worth a thousand crowns." Wisp, it has been conjectured by Capell, is an allusion to the queen's alleged incontinency, to which the word callet also refers. "A wisp, a wisp, you kitchen-stuff wrangler!” is similarly applied in Nash's 'Apology of Pierce Pennilesse.' WITTY. Act I., Sc. 2. "Witty, courteous, liberal, full of spirit." Witty is used in the sense of possessing good judgment, sound understanding. PERSONS REPRESENTED. KING EDWARD IV. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, afterwards King Edward V., son to the King RICHARD, Duke of York, son to the King. GEORGE, Duke of Clarence, brother to the King. Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 4. RICHARD, Duke of Gloster, afterwards King Richard III., brother to the King Act III. sc. 1; sc. 4; sc. 5; sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 3; sc. 4. A young Son of Clarence. HENRY, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII. THOMAS ROTHERAM, Archbishop of York. JOHN MORTON, Bishop of Ely. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 5; sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2. DUKE OF NORFOLK. Appears, Act V. sc. 3; sc. 4. EARL OF SURREY, son to the Duke of Norfolk. EARL RIVERS, brother to King Edward's Queen. Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act V. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act III. sc. 3. MARQUIS OF DORSET, son to King Edward's Queen. LORD GREY, Son to King Edward's Queen. Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act II. sc. 1. Act III. sc. 3. Appears, Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3. LORD HASTINGS. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4. Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 3. Appears, Act I. sc. 3. LORD STANLEY. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4; sc. 5. Act V. sc. 3; sc. 4. LORD LOVEL. Appcars, Act III. sc. 4; sc. 5. SIR RICHARD RATCLIFF. Appears, Act II. sc. 2. Act III. sc. 3; sc. 4; sc. 5. Act IV. sc. 3; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 3. SIR WILLIAM CATESBY. Appears, Act 1. sc. 3. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 5; sc. 7. Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 3; sc. 4. SIR JAMES TYRREL. Appears, Act IV. sc. 2; sc. 3. SIR JAMES BLOUNT. SIR WALTER HERBERT. SIR ROBERT BRAKENBURY, Lieutenant of the Tower. A Priest. Appears, Act III. sc. 2. Lord Mayor of London. ELIZABETH, Queen of King Edward IV. Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 4. MARGARET, widow of King Henry VI. DUCHESS OF YORK, mother to King Edward IV., Clarence, and Gloster. Appears, Act II. sc. 2; sc. 4. LADY ANNE, widow of Edward, Prince of afterwards married to the Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 4. Wales, son to King Henry VI., Duke of Gloster. Act IV. sc. 1. A young Daughter of Clarence. Appears, Act II. sc. 2. Act IV. sc. 1. Lords, and other Attendants; two Gentlemen, a Pursuivant, Scrivener, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers, Ghosts, Soldiers, &c. SCENE, ENGLAND. This History was originally published in 1597. It was reprinted four times in quarto previous to its appearance in the folio of 1623. To understand the character of the 'Richard III.' of Shakspere, we must have traced its development by the author of the previous plays. |