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Richard III, Act 5 Scene 5

41Lines 2Speakers

Richard III, Act 5 Scene 5 runs 41 lines of dialogue, spoken by 2 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 148 lines. This scene is part of Act 5 of Richard III.


Full Dialogue
Richmond
God and your arms be praised, victorious friends,
The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead.
Derby
Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.
Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty
From the dead temples of this bloody wretch
Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:
Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.
Richmond
Great God of heaven, say Amen to all!
But, tell me, is young George Stanley living?
Derby
He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town;
Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.
Richmond
What men of name are slain on either side?
Derby
John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Ferrers,
Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.
Richmond
Inter their bodies as becomes their births:
Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled
That in submission will return to us:
And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament,
We will unite the white rose and the red:
Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction,
That long have frown'd upon their enmity!
What traitor hears me, and says not amen?
England hath long been mad, and scarr'd herself;
The brother blindly shed the brother's blood,
The father rashly slaughter'd his own son,
The son, compell'd, been butcher to the sire:
All this divided York and Lancaster,
Divided in their dire division,
O, now, let Richmond and Elizabeth,
The true succeeders of each royal house,
By God's fair ordinance conjoin together!
And let their heirs, God, if thy will be so.
Enrich the time to come with smooth-faced peace,
With smiling plenty and fair prosperous days!
Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord,
That would reduce these bloody days again,
And make poor England weep in streams of blood!
Let them not live to taste this land's increase
That would with treason wound this fair land's peace!
Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again:
That she may long live here, God say amen!
41 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.

Who’s On Stage

Speaking characters in this scene

Character Lines Share
Richmond 32 78.0%
Derby 9 22.0%

Line distribution

The top speaker in this scene delivers 32 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 21 lines.

Total speakers on stage

2 named characters speak in this scene.

Scene in Context

Position within Act 5

This is Scene 5 of 5 in Act 5 of Richard III.

Scene length vs. play average

At 41 lines, this scene is shorter than the Richard III average scene in Richard III (~148 lines).

Adjacent scenes

Previous: Act 5 Scene 4