Shakespeare’s is one of the most prominent disabled figures in English literature, presented by the Bard with a hunched back and an arm “like a blasted sapling withered up.” Of course, the Plantagenet king is also a right bastard, “determined to prove a villain,” as he says in his opening soliloquy. Richard is embittered by his outward appearance but also more than willing to use it in his manipulations as he
Royal Treatment
Jan 20, 2024
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