Act 3, scene 6 The professional scribe who has just finished transcribing Hastings’ indictment shows how the charge against Hastings had been prepared and the transcribing begun long before Hastings had even been accused or arrested.Buckingham is to claim that Edward IV himself was illegitimate, and that therefore Richard is the legitimate heir. Richard then sends Buckingham to persuade Londoners that the crown should be taken from the heirs of Edward IV and given to Richard. Act 3, scene 5 Richard and Buckingham excuse the summary execution of Hastings to the Mayor of London by staging an “uprising” that they blame on Hastings’ treachery.Hastings, led off to his death, remembers Stanley’s warning dream and Margaret’s curse. Richard, learning from Buckingham of Hastings’ refusal to support them, accuses Hastings’ mistress of witchcraft and orders Hastings’ execution. Act 3, scene 4 A council of lords meets to plan the coronation of Edward V.They recall Margaret’s curse, and pray that it will fall as well on Hastings, Buckingham, and Richard, whom she also cursed. Act 3, scene 3 The Queen’s brother Rivers, her son Grey, and Sir Thomas Vaughan are led to execution.Act 3, scene 2 Responding to Catesby, Hastings flatly refuses to support Richard’s bid for the throne, and takes great satisfaction in the news that the Queen’s son and brother are to be beheaded that very day.Richard and Buckingham put both boys in the Tower and send Catesby to sound out Hastings about supporting Richard’s intention to take the throne for himself. Act 3, scene 1 Richard and Buckingham arrive in London with Prince Edward and order that Edward’s brother, the Duke of York, be taken from sanctuary.She rushes to sanctuary with her son the Duke of York. Act 2, scene 4 As Queen Elizabeth awaits the coming of Prince Edward, news arrives that Richard has imprisoned her brother Rivers, her son Grey, and Sir Thomas Vaughan.Act 2, scene 3 Three citizens discuss the possibly tumultuous succession of Prince Edward.Richard and Buckingham make plans to escort King Edward’s heir, Prince Edward, to London. Act 2, scene 2 As the Duchess of York mourns Clarence’s death, Queen Elizabeth enters grieving for the death of King Edward IV.Rejoicing about this “united league” is interrupted by news of Clarence’s murder, which King Edward blames on himself and Richard blames on the Queen’s kindred. Queen Elizabeth and her kindred, on the one side, and Hastings, Buckingham, and Richard, on the other, vow to make and keep peace among themselves. Act 2, scene 1 The dying King Edward IV attempts to reconcile the quarreling factions in his royal court.Act 1, scene 4 Richard’s agents murder the imprisoned Clarence.After the others have departed, Richard dispatches his agents to kill Clarence. Queen Margaret, King Henry VI’s widow, curses them all. Act 1, scene 3 Queen Elizabeth bemoans her situation in the face of her husband’s serious illness Richard quarrels with Queen Elizabeth, her brother, and Grey, her son by her first marriage.
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