Although Tudor historians readily condemned Richard, especially for the murder of his nephews, EDWARDV and Richard PLANTAGENET, duke of York (d. Richard is one of the great Shakespearean villains. In Shakespeare’s portrayal of York’s son, Richard III, the selfish ambition the playwright imputed to the duke is spectacularly magnified. York did not claim the Crown until 1460, when all other political options had been exhausted and taking the throne seemed the only way to save his career and possibly his life. Although the real York was at the center of the political turmoil of the 1450s, SHAKESPEARE AND THE WARS OF THE ROSES 247 he sought to control the government as HENRY VI’s chief minister.
1460), as scheming for years to seize the throne.
He portrays Richard PLANTAGENET, duke of York (d.
Shakespeare also exaggerates the greed and ambition of leading Yorkists.
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