The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 9.0870  Tuesday, 22 September 1998.

[1]     From:   Richard Dutton <
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        Date:   Tuesday, 22 Sep 1998 09:59:00 +0100
        Subj:   RE: SHK 9.0868  Q: R3 Quotation

[2]     From:   Don Rowan <
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        Date:   Tuesday, 22 Sep 1998 08:11:39 +0000
        Subj:   Re: SHK 9.0868  Q: R3 Quotation


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From:           Richard Dutton <
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Date:           Tuesday, 22 Sep 1998 09:59:00 +0100
Subject: 9.0868  Q: R3 Quotation
Comment:        RE: SHK 9.0868  Q: R3 Quotation

The line in RIII for which Joanne Gates seeks a source is indeed from
Colley Cibber's version. There is a good account of the powerful hold
that Cibber's version had on the acting tradition of the play (the line
survives even into the Olivier movie) in Hugh M. Richmond's 'King
Richard III' in the Shakespeare in Performance series (Manchester UP,
1989).

Richard Dutton

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From:           Don Rowan <
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Date:           Tuesday, 22 Sep 1998 08:11:39 +0000
Subject: 9.0868  Q: R3 Quotation
Comment:        Re: SHK 9.0868  Q: R3 Quotation

Dear Joanne Gates: I have always used it in lectures as an example of
"improvers" to Shakespeare. I also believe that I looked it up one time,
long ago and my notes tell me it is from Cibber's RIII. I think it
really is an improvement. Don Rowan