The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship & emphasis on performance The series features line-by-line commentaries & textual notes on the plays & poems Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical stage & screen interpretations For this second edition of King Richard III Janis Lull has added a new section to her introduction in which she focuses on contemporary productions of the play as well as recent scholarly criticism Lull emphasises the importance of women's roles in this popular drama but shows how the text has frequently been cut rewritten & reshaped by directors & actors to enhance the role of Richard often at the expense of female characters The special relationship between King Richard III & Macbeth is also explored while the notes detail the play's language in terms that are easily accessible to contemporary readers