Richard III

Shakespeare Stories #17

by Andrew Matthews, Tony Ross (Illustrator)

A simplified version of William Shakespeare's 'Richard III'.
With notes on: Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre
Villainy in Richard III

Genres: Classics, Shakespeare, Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Literature, Chapter Books

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Andrew Matthews was born in South Glamorgan in 1948. Andrew taught English in Hampshire after which he became a full-time writer. He lives in Reading with his wife and their cats. Andrew's work has been widely translated and he has made numerous appearances at schools and libraries throughout the UK.


Source: United Agents.

Reviews

[Julia Headley]

Shakespeare can be a bit gruesome.

[Lorena saraniero]

irgendwie war da absolut gar keine spannung

[zozo]

favourite guy ever

[Completely Melanie]

Review in Wrap Up Vlog
https://youtu.be/FX_nttuMKC0

[Bridget]

lots of murder!

[Abigail Yarwood]

I love Shakespeare and this series of books is awesome. It tells the story in a way that is easy to understand and without all the tricky old fashioned language.
Richard III is one of the plays that I didn't know much about. It is full of murder and he is not very nice but it is still a good story.

[Erin Gallacher]

Random library pick up, now I wanna read the whole series 😭😭😭

[سبا خطیبی]

از داستان‌های شکسپیر برای نوجوانان.
جالبه که سوگیری‌های مختلفی درمورد ریچارد سوم وجود داره؛ یا سفید مطلق نشونش دادن یا سیاه مطلق. قبلا سریالی دیدم درمورد ریچارد سوم که باعث شد توی ذهنم شخصیت خوب و مظلومی باشه و این قصه کاملا متضاد بود. کلا بامزه بود‌. در آینده‌‌های دور، برای بچه‌هایم خواهم خوندش.

[Matthew]

Richard III, by Andrew Matthews, is another Shakespearian novelisation and subsequent translation (from gobbledegook English to Modern English)with incongruously grim illustrations from Tony Ross. Again, I can't understand Shakespeare, so kids' adaptions are always welcome in my home. It has creepy undertones of villainy, death, and self-destruction, which always seems to be lurking in a William Shakespeare play. Richard III was a real king, yes, and he did have nephews, but don't take any of this discourteous villainy to heart; it's amazingly, so historically inaccurate!

[MAK KA]

This book was talk about a Duke called Richard, he want to be the king very much. And he tried to kill the king and he will be the king. Finally he succeed but he got killed later by his follower. i think this story was quite bloody and the name of all the characters were confuse me a lot.moreover this plot of this story was quite exciting.

[Luna fox]

Love this book written in first person but that dude is a maniac he literally killed his nephews NEPHEWS they were both 12 and 10 and they did it without a single drop of blood so they suffocated them with a pillow A PILLOW all because he wanted the crown!

[Sakura-Chan]

"Richard III: A Shakespeare Story" by Andrew Matthews is a perfect middle grade introduction into Shakespeare's play!!! The illustrations by Tony Ross are stunning and add to the overall thrill of the play!!! This is an easy and accessible way to enjoy Shakespeare's play for a young audience. It highlights the key moments in the play and is entertaining and fun with all the illustrations!!! Overall, I had fun reading this book! If you like to read Shakespeare adaptations, this is for sure worth looking into!!!

[Marie]

3.5 stars, maybe....
I want to read more Shakespeare's but didn't know where to start so I bought the kids versions of his works. They are easy to understand and have some nice illustrations to look at, plus the covers are in my opinion so cute. Though I cannot decide if I liked Richard III or not, I may have read the original and find out then.

[Carrie-Anne]

I do like these renditions of Shakespeare, this is just one of my least favourite ones. But I still swear by these especially for educational purposes! ✨

The villain in this story certainly was evil to the core! I loved how this story was told from within the grave 👏 and the beginning and end made us focus on that.

[Wilde Sky]

Ambition leads a man to plot against those around him, but things don't end well.

A good story, the illustrations were reasonable.

Reading time around 45 minutes (abridged version in modern English).

[Liselotte]

The story itself was really boring, however this book does exactly what I want it to do, introduce me to Shakespeare in a approachable way!! I highly recommend this series, but I just didn't like this one :)

[Esha]

The illustrations helped to bring the story to life. I do wish Andrew Matthews had gone into a bit more detail, as he does gloss over a lot, but for a quick overview of Richard III by Shakespeare it is a pretty decent.

[MiR]

"و از این رو؛ چون نمی توانم عشق بورزم
تا در ایام خوبی و خوشی سرگرم شوم، اراده کرده ام تا شرارت نمایم" ریچارد گفت
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خارج از داستانش ، شخصیت ریچارد سوم حیرت زدم کرد
جنون و تفکر قاتلی که در ذهنش نفوذ کرده بود و بخشی از اون شده بود واقعا میخکوب کننده بود
تنها ضعف این اثر اینه خیلی خلاصه میکنه.

[Thảo Ngân]

Fast read for an adult with reading slump like me. It would be a great start for children to learn about Shakespeare’s Richard III. The vibe is a little bit amusing with the way Richard describes himself as a villany character.

[becca ☆彡]

wtf this is so funny

[Leanne]

'' a horse, a horse my kingdom for a horse''

[Nikki]

Enjoyable Shakespeare read showing the dark ambition of Richard III.

[Janet]

Fun little book.

[Emma]

I didn't know the story before reading this-good as a grown up but again not sure my boys will ever quite understand it or enjoy the way its written

[Anna-Marie]

Currently learning about The Tudors and thought I’d read this overview for a quick summary.

[Mohammad Malik]

In this book Richard III talks about his life and how he lived to being a king.

[Flora Hillage]

If u love murder read this

[heidi]

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

[Callum]

It's good I like the story-line. But I didn't like the way its tolled in the past but correct me if it is in fact tolled in the past tense in the actual novel.

[Carole]

Like all the books in this series very enjoyable and makes you want to read or watch the real one.
My eight year old son and my ten year old daughter are enjoying these very much.