Resource Guide: 'The Daughter of Time' by Josephine Tey

On June 1, 2023 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of Folger resources related to Richard III, both the historical figure and Shakespeare’s villainous character.

REVIST Shakespeare’s play

• Folger Digital Text: Richard III
• Excerpts from the Folger’s Richard III audiobook

LISTEN to related podcast episodes

• Episode 3: In Search of the Real Richard III
• Episode 166: Richard III in Prison
• Episode 174: Mike Lew on Teenage Dick
• Episode 210: Robert O’Hara on Directing Richard III

EXPLORE Richard III in performance

• Edwin Booth as Richard III
• An edition of Richard III “adapted for amateurs”
• In the Giving Vein: The Pop-Cultural Legacy of Olivier’s Richard III
• At the Folger
  • Taffety Punk, 2019
  • Folger Theatre, 2014
  • Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, 1998
  • Travelling Shakespeare Company, 1995

QUESTION how fiction interacts with history

• “They do me wrong”: Reputation, Richard III, and The Lost King
• Mangled glory: Fact and (mostly) fiction in Shakespeare’s history plays

LEARN about Richard III and disability studies

• Richard III and disability: Excerpt – “Unfixable Forms” by Katherine Schaap Williams (this month’s guest presenter)
• Excerpt: “Richard III’s Bodies from Medieval England to Modernity” by Jeffrey R. Wilson