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The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
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- A feed, not a wall of text. 49 characters, 13 places, 16 objects and 6 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 52 passages of King Richard III sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as William Shakespeare wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on William Shakespeare instead.
The King Richard III feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of King Richard III
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Determined to Prove a Villain
- Clarence and Margaret's Curse
- The Princes to the Tower
- Seizing the Crown
- The Murdered Princes
- Bosworth Field
The author's pen in King Richard III
The passages themselves, William Shakespeare's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Determined To Prove A Villainch. 1
- The Letter Gch. 1
- Richard Greets Hastingsch. 1
- Richard Counts His Gainsch. 1
- Anne Curses the Murdererch. 1
- Henry’s Wounds Bleed Afreshch. 1
- Take Up the Sword Againch. 1
- The Ring Acceptedch. 1
- Woman Won Against All Oddsch. 1
- Richard Gloucester as Protectorch. 1
- The Plain Man Accusedch. 1
- Margaret Confronts the Usurpersch. 1
- Margaret Curses Richardch. 1
- Margaret Warns Buckinghamch. 1
- Conscience At My Elbowch. 1
- Clarence's Dream of Drowningch. 1
- A Deadly Deliverych. 1
- Swear Your Lovech. 2
- Edward Laments Clarencech. 2
- Children Question Their Grandamch. 2
The characters of King Richard III
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Richard, Duke of Gloucester / King Richard IIImajor
- Lady Annemajor
- George, Duke of Clarencemajor
- King Edward IVmajor
- Queen Elizabethmajor
- Prince Edward / Edward Vmajor
- Richard, Duke of Yorkmajor
- Duchess of Yorkmajor
- Queen Margaretmajor
- Duke of Buckinghammajor
- Lord Hastingsmajor
- Lord Stanley / Earl of Derbymajor
- Henry, Earl of Richmond / Henry VIImajor
- Earl Riverssupporting
- Lord Greysupporting
- Marquess of Dorsetsupporting
The locations in King Richard III
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- London streetsstreet
- The Palacepalace
- Before the Palacepalace exterior
- The Tower of Londontower
- Baynard’s Castlecastle court
- Sanctuarysanctuary
- Pomfret Castlecastle
- Lord Hastings’ housenoble house exterior
- Lord Stanley’s housenoble house
- Crosby Placeresidence
- Salisburyopen place
- Tamworth plainplain
- Bosworth Fieldbattlefield
The core concepts in King Richard III
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Power as Performance
- Language Before Violence
- Family Consumed by Ambition
- Children as Legitimacy
- Women Preserve Moral Memory
- Conscience Cannot Be Escaped
- Manufactured Legitimacy
- Complicity Consumes Its Servants
- Richard Destroys Himself
The objects of note in King Richard III
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- The crown
- Henry VI’s corpse, coffin, and hearse
- Richard’s sword
- Richard’s ring
- Clarence’s murder warrant
- The malmsey butt
- The Tower keys
- The prayer book at Baynard’s Castle
- The prayer book on the princes’ pillow
- The boar badge
- Hastings’ head
- Hastings’ indictment
- Stanley’s letters
- The horse at Bosworth
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