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In Richard III

1. Where is Richard when he delivers the second half of his "winter of our discontent" speech, and why was that a valuable update to the play? (Answer)

2. What are Lady Anne's prophetic lines as she weeps over the body of her dead husband? (Answer)

3. When Lady Anne says to Richard "D'you grant me hedgehog," which other KST film does that remind us of? (Answer)

4. Where does Richard prefer to be than Hell when it comes to Lady Anne? (Answer)

5. Which line of Lady Anne's makes us think of a question under Weep No More, My Lady? (Answer)

6. Where does Richard want to spend "one hour"? (Answer)

7. How would you describe Richard? (Does Dr. Gräsler come to mind? Mr. Beaver? How about Almasy before things heat up?) How many less "twisted" men wish they had reached Lady Anne in the morgue before Richard? (Answer)

8. When Richard reveals that he is the one who helped Lady Anne "to a better husband," what does Lady Anne do? And what is the cross-reference in The Tenth Man? (Answer)

9. How does Richard snub his bride Lady Anne when she comes to him in a negligee? (Answer)

10. In which speech does Lady Anne realize her own prophecy from her words to Richard at the morgue? (Answer)

11. What does Lady Anne do in order to bear the long, dull nights with Richard? (Hint: in another taxi-like scene, Lady Anne has nobody to play with and does something perverted) Note drug/intoxicant cross-references in answer. (Answer)

12. Despite all of her seductive powers, at the time of her death, what has Lady Anne not yet had? (Hint: Lady Anne hasn't even had one semi-lustful spin on the dance floor) (Answer)

13. What is crawling on Lady Anne's pallid face the last time we see her? (see insect references under Angels and Insects) Did you weep openly knowing that Kristin was out of the picture at that point? (Answer)

14. Why didn't Shakespeare write more lines for Lady Anne? (Answer)

  
 

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