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Richard of Conisbrough (5) (Conisbrough Castle)

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Language
English
Publishers
EKP (19 May 2024)
Weight
0.09 KG
Publication Date
19/05/2024
Pages
78 pages
ISBN-13
9798224847983
Dimensions
12.7 x 0.48 x 20.32 cm
SKU
9798224847983
Author Name
Christopher Webster (Author)
Christopher Webster read English at St David's, Lampeter, and took a master's degree in Education at Sheffield University. He is now a teacher and writer. His first educational publication was Poetry Through Humour and Horror (Cassell, 1987). This was followed by many more educational publications including books for KS3 and GCSE English Language and Literature, published by Hodder, and the best-selling 100 Literacy Hours (Scholastic, 1997/2005). More recently, he has focused on what is closer to his heart - writing fiction and poetry. He is particularly interested in writing about his cultural heritage, which gives him plenty of scope, since it ranges from Anglo-Saxons to Yorkshire miners, and includes Robin Hood, the Wars of the Roses and King Henry VIII along the way. The link between these diverse elements is his home town of Conisbrough, its castle, and the nearby colliery, Cadeby Colliery (now pulled down and grassed over). More information about the author can be found on his website at: https://sites.google.com/view/websters-web/homeRead more about this authorRead less about this author
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Richard of Conisbrough was born in Conisbrough Castle only a few hundred yards from the author's family home in Castle Avenue, and of all the great noblemen who owned Conisbrough Castle, he was the one who spent most time there. Rather than tell his story in novel form, as the author has done with other castle characters, he has chosen to tell it in the form of a play in the style of William Shakespeare.

Richard's story is well-suited to a play in this style of William Shakespeare as it is a prequel to the story of Richard III. Part of the subject matter, the Southampton Plot, was treated by the bard in his play Henry V, and the main character is typical of many 'bastard' malcontents of Elizabethan drama, such as Don John in Measure for Measure.

It is, of course, nowhere near up the the standard of the Bard, but there are some felicitous passages (mainly stolen from him), and those who know and love Conisbrough will appreciate this retelling of Richard's story. .

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