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An 8 page paper which examines how the play was staged for Elizabethan audiences, particularly in terms of characterization and space. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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It was precisely this familiarity that "led Shakespeare to alter historical fact in order to make carefully nuanced commentary on his time and place" (ODell 181). When this play
was being performed in an Elizabethan theater, Shakespeare went to great lengths to manipulate the space in terms of individual characters and certain crucial scenes as a way of delivering
his nuanced commentary to achieve the desired effect on his audiences. Richard III appeared before crowds who believed him to be a devil incarnate. By making him gleefully
treacherous, and tailoring both space and time, Shakespeare successfully gave the people of his time exactly what they wanted to see. As the plays primary focus, the murderously ambitious Richard
III (1452-1485), who will unapologetically and unceremoniously murder any family member standing between him and the crown he covets, occupies center stage. This character initially reveals himself to be
extremely intelligent and witty, which is in perfect keeping with "Richards dual nature as a morally damnable villain and as a theatrically delightful Vice" (Mooney 24). There will also
be presented throughout the course of the play parallel scenes that emphasize Richards duality. Initially, there is very little theatrical space between Richard and the audience so as to
establish an immediate intimacy. He "remains in direct contact with the spectators throughout act one, frequently addressing them by means of the soliloquy and the aside" (Mooney 29).
In fact, he gleefully shares with the audience details of his gross physical deformity as a justification for the heinous acts to come: "I, that am curtaild of this
fair proportion / Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, / Deformd, unfinishd, sent before my time / Into this breathing world scarce half made up, / And that so lamely
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