Trophies, Traces, Relics, and Props: The Untimely Objects of "Richard III"

• Published in: Shakespeare quarterly Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 297 - 327
• Main Author: Schwyzer, Philip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford The Johns Hopkins University Press 01.10.2012; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Armor; British & Irish literature; Business; Ceremonial objects; Daggers; Drama; English literature; Essays; History; History plays; Holy relics; Literary criticism; Military history; Prayer; Property lines; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Sleep; Theater; United Kingdom > UK; England; Wales

In 1611, Henry Peacham would list "King Richard's bed-sted i' Leyster" among sights that could be seen for a penny in England and Wales (alongside such "trifles, and toyes" as "Westminster monuments," the cave of Merlin, and a cassowary which ate hot coals).3...