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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of England (1483–1485) who claimed the throne after imprisoning the sons of his deceased brother Edward IV. Richard's death at the Battle of Bosworth Field brought an end to the Wars of the Roses.
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- noun King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)
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Indeed, she is a rare amalgam of Lady Macbeth and Richard III, which is to say a master of cunning, calculation, and studied prevarication, all without a scintilla of remorse that might inhibit future machinations.
More on Hillary Clinton as President Matt Johnston 2007
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Richard III, which is now brought to a New York City audience in a breathtaking A Bridge Project production presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Old Vic Theatre and Neal Street, generously supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch under direction of Sam Mendes and starring the mesmerizing Kevin Spacey in a most memorable performance.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Shai Baitel 2012
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John Douglas Thompson, who took New York by storm last year in the Irish Repertory Theatre's revival of "The Emperor Jones," is very much the star of "Richard III," in which he gives yet another timber-shivering performance as the hunchbacked beast who'll kill anyone, up to and including his brother and his wife, in order to set England's crown upon his head.
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Sean Hagerty and Melissa Miller in 'Richard III' at the 'Shakespeare on the Run' series in Central Park.
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It is displayed most magnificently, Hegel believes, by characters, such as Richard III, Othello and Macbeth, in the plays of Shakespeare.
Hegel's Aesthetics Houlgate, Stephen 2009
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Last week it premiered a lively new production of "Richard III," whose own "glorious summer" spirals into ignominious defeat and death.
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British-Kuwaiti dramatist recasts Saddam as a modern 'Richard III'
Dove's Eye View: 2005
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If you think back at "Richard III," for example -- quite energetic, a wonderful tragedy -- he had -- history, tragedy -- that he had written, let ` s say, a decade, roughly, before he wrote "Hamlet," he gives you a character who tells you so much about why he ` s acting this way.
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Sound advice; though one must remember not to mumble "Richard III" aloud to an overly-calculating client.
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Sound advice; though one must remember not to mumble "Richard III" aloud to an overly-calculating client.
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The king under the car park. BBC World News, 2/5/2013.
February 5, 2013