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Hi, all! This entry isn't mine, but it was too intriguing to let slip by. I've both posted to the author's home space and emailed, telling him/her that I'd like to post this entry to PR. It's been close to a month, and I haven't heard anything, so thought I would go ahead and post it here.

There's recently been an entry accepted on Richard III, the historical person. I thought that this entry on Richard III, the Shakespeare play would be a good companion piece to that one.

What do y'all think?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A394841


Mikey

I'll let Roasted Amoeba nkow his article is being Peer Reviewed.

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Oh yes, woops. Hello. Thanks Mikey I did get your e-mail, but only a couple of days ago, when I finally checked that e-mail account...

Hmmm...

I'll go away now and see what people have to say about the article

Hello,

I like it.

Yours,
Jake

It's good

You might want to mention that it was one of the (if not *the*) first of Shakespeare's history plays. I imagine if you watch the RSC's full history cycle at the moment, in order, the plays might gradually seem less and less, I suppose, *mature* Shakespeare, is the word

You might also like to mention Al Pacino's *Looking for Richard*, I think it was released at about the same time as Ian McKellan's film, it's a mixture of *Making of a Shakepeare...* and key moments of the play that they filmed. Really good, and incredibly interesting

Very good entry - particularly since I have a particular interest both in Richard III and Shakespeare...

However - I don't think you mention the fact that Shakespeare was writing the play under a Tudor monarch; Henry VII who defeated Richard was Elizabeth I's own grandfather, so suggesting that Richard was anything vaguely like a nice guy was deeply foolish. This is a likely explanation for Shakespeare's extensive twisting of the facts.

Well done! This entry's going to become part of the Edited Guide!

This entry has been accepted and will shortly be winging its way to a subeditor for what few finishing touches may be required, and then you'll be emailed when it hits the Front Page!

Keep up the good work!

And if Roasted Amoeba's not knocking about the site so much nowadays, could someone let him know that his entry's been picked? Thanks.

Next time I see him I will do!

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Congratulations!