Richard III, Act 3 Scene 3 runs 25 lines of dialogue, spoken by 4 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 148 lines. This scene is part of Act 3 of Richard III.
Full Dialogue
Ratcliff ♂
Come, bring forth the prisoners.
Rivers ♂
Sir Richard Ratcliff, let me tell thee this:
To-day shalt thou behold a subject die
For truth, for duty, and for loyalty.
To-day shalt thou behold a subject die
For truth, for duty, and for loyalty.
Grey ♂
God keep the prince from all the pack of you!
A knot you are of damned blood-suckers!
A knot you are of damned blood-suckers!
Vaughan ♂
You live that shall cry woe for this after.
Ratcliff ♂
Dispatch; the limit of your lives is out.
Rivers ♂
O Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison,
Fatal and ominous to noble peers!
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the second here was hack'd to death;
And, for more slander to thy dismal seat,
We give thee up our guiltless blood to drink.
Fatal and ominous to noble peers!
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the second here was hack'd to death;
And, for more slander to thy dismal seat,
We give thee up our guiltless blood to drink.
Grey ♂
Now Margaret's curse is fall'n upon our heads,
For standing by when Richard stabb'd her son.
For standing by when Richard stabb'd her son.
Rivers ♂
Then cursed she Hastings, then cursed she Buckingham,
Then cursed she Richard. O, remember, God
To hear her prayers for them, as now for us
And for my sister and her princely sons,
Be satisfied, dear God, with our true blood,
Which, as thou know'st, unjustly must be spilt.
Then cursed she Richard. O, remember, God
To hear her prayers for them, as now for us
And for my sister and her princely sons,
Be satisfied, dear God, with our true blood,
Which, as thou know'st, unjustly must be spilt.
Ratcliff ♂
Make haste; the hour of death is expiate.
Rivers ♂
Come, Grey, come, Vaughan, let us all embrace:
And take our leave, until we meet in heaven.
And take our leave, until we meet in heaven.
25 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rivers | 17 | 68.0% |
| Grey | 4 | 16.0% |
| Ratcliff | 3 | 12.0% |
| Vaughan | 1 | 4.0% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 17 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 6 lines.
Total speakers on stage
4 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 3
This is Scene 3 of 7 in Act 3 of Richard III.
Scene length vs. play average
At 25 lines, this scene is shorter than the Richard III average scene in Richard III (~148 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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