Richard III (play) "Hamlet" is shorter than its Quarto counterpart. The play is often abridged; for example, certain peripheral characters are removed entirely. In such instances, extra lines are often invented or added from elsewhere in the sequence to establish the nature of characters' relationships. A further reason for abridgment is that Shakespeare assumed that his audiences would be familiar with his "Henry VI" plays and frequently made indirect references to events in them, such as Richard's murder of Henry VI or the defeat of Henry's wife, Margaret. "House of York" "House of Lancaster" "Woodville family" "Richard III's group" "Earl of Richmond's group"
Shakespeare in Love (play) Royal, Nottingham (15 to 20 October), Festival Theatre, Malvern (23 to 27 October), Oxford Playhouse (30 October to 3 November), Cambridge Arts Theatre (5 to 9 November), King's Theatre, Edinburgh (12 to 17 November) and Chichester Festival Theatre (20 to 24 November), with further dates and casting to be announced. It was announced in August 2018 that Shakespeare in Love will be one of the two headlining productions for the 30th Anniversary of Bard on the Beach in the Kitsilano Neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia. Shakespeare in Love (play) Shakespeare in Love is a play by Lee Hall adapted from