Richard opens the play by declaring all in England is Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, except with Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. Richard convinces Edward IV to send his own brother Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung to jail because his name starts with a Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung (George, Duke of Clarence). Hastings, recently released from jail, and Richard go to see the sickly Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. On the way, Richard meets Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung (Warwick's daughter), widow of Edward, Henry VI's Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, who is transferring Henry VI's body to his funeral. They fight over the royals' deaths. Richard tells Anne that he killed them because he Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung her. He even gets her to like him. At the London palace Queen Elizabeth (Edward IV's wife) informs Rivers and Grey that Richard Iwould be the Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung if Edward IV dies. [Dorset and Grey are Elizabeth's children by a different husband than Edward IV; Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung is her brother]. Richard enters and fights with Queen Elizabeth about his loyalties and intentions. Queen Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung (Henry VI's wife) shows up and curses: 1) Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung to die of sickness; 2) Edward V to die Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung; 3) Queen Elizabeth to live long, and be not wife, mother, or Queen; 4) Rivers, Dorset, and Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung to die an Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung death; 5) Richard to be friends of traitors and Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung by friends; and 6) Queen Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung to later wish for Margaret's help to curse RichardI. Margaret spares Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung telling him he hasn't wronged her, but he Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung her so she curses him too.

In the Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, Clarence relates a dream to his keeper, in which Clarence drowns and sees his father-in-law, Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, cursing Clarence for deserting him at Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. Two executioners, paid by Richard, then murder Clarence by drowning him in a Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. At the London palace, sick Edward IV makes Queen Elizabeth, Hastings, Dorset, Buckingham, and Rivers make up old differences and be friends. Richard enters and makes peace too, then informs them all of Clarence's death, afterwhich Edward IV repents the death. Cicely Neville (Duchess of York, 3rd Duke of York's widow) tells Clarence's children, Edward and Margaret Plantagenet, that their father is dead. Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung dies and Queen Elizabeth laments. The children criticize Elizabeth for not Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung Clarence's death. Buckingham quietly tells Richard he will pursue their aim to separate Dorset and Grey from their mother.

Queen Elizabeth learns that her sons, Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung and Dorset, have been committed to Pomfret Castle by Richard and Buckingham. Queen Elizabeth, her son Richard Duke of York, and the Duchess of York flee to Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. Prince Edward V arrives in London and sends Hastings to bring his brother Richard Duke of York out of hiding and to him. Richard sends Richard Duke of York and his brother Edward V to the Tower of London to "sleep", though he, Buckingham, and Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung plan to kill the boys and crown Richard king. In return, Richard promises Buckingham Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. Stanley dreams Richard beheads Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung and tells him of it, but Hastings thinks nothing of it. Catesby tries to convince Hastings to side with Richard, but he Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. All learn that Rivers, Vaughn, and Grey have been executed at Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung castle (same place as Richard II). At a meeting at the Tower, Richard accuses Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung of treason and has him beheaded.

Richard tells Buckingham to start Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung that Edward IV's children are bastards, and furthermore, that Edward IV himself was a Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung. Also, Richard devises a plan to get rid of Clarence's children. The mayor of Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung comes to Richard and offers him the throne, which Richard, Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung (faking) accepts. The Duchess of York (Grandma), Queen Elizabeth (Mother), and Anne (Aunt of the princes Edward V and his brother Richard Duke of York) mourn because Richard III imprisoned the princes in the Tower of London. Queen Elizabeth tells her son Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung to leave England to see Richmond (Henry VII), after Stanley brings news that Richard III plans to crown Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung queen, fulfilling Anne's own curse that Richard III's future wife be cursed and miserable.

At court, King Richard III asks Buckingham to murder Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, yet Buckingham hesitates to respond favorably. Richard III plans to have Clarence's daughter married off to a poor man to get rid of her. Richard also plans to Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung his own wife Anne Neville, then marry Edward IV's daughter, Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, Richard's own niece. Richard III pays Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung to kill the princes since Buckingham is unwilling to do it. Richard III remembers a Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung that Richmond (Henry VII, Henry VI's nephew) would be king someday. Anne and the princes are killed, Elizabeth is married off, Clarence's son Edward is killed, and Richard III goes to woo his niece Elizabeth away from Richmond. However, Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung joins Richmond and Buckingham who raise an army against Richard III. Old Queen Margaret (Henry VI's wife) meets the Duchess of York and Queen Elizabeth and tells them to curse Richard III, and they do. Richard III tells Queen Elizabeth that he wants to marry her daughter Elizabeth. Battle ensues, Richmond attacking England and Buckingham losing while defending it. Stanley would help Richmond, but Richard III keeps Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung as insurance against Stanley's defection. Richard III has Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung executed. Richmond has Oxford, Blunt, Herbert, and William Brandon as his allies. Richard III's allies are Norfolk, Ratcliffe, Surrey, Catesby, and Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, though they're not very supportive of Richard.

All of Richard III's victims come to him in a Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung to haunt and torment him: Henry VI's son Edward; Henry VI; Richard III's brother Clarence; Rivers, Grey, and Vaughn; Hastings; Richard III's nephews Edward V and Richard Duke of York; Richard III's wife Anne Neville; and finally Buckingham. All say, "Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung" to Richard III, causing him to go crazy. The same ghosts also visit Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung and wish him luck. The two armies meet in battle on Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung Field, both generals giving orations to their armies before battle. Richard III fights valiantly screaming, "A Horse! A Horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Richmond kills Richard III and Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung crowns Richmond Henry VII. Henry VII, a Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, marries Edward IV's daughter Elizabeth, a Anne NevillebastardbetrayedBosworthBuckinghamCatesbyClarenceDespair and dieDorsetdreamEdward IVElizabethElyGGreyHastingshimselfinsultskillKing Edward IVLancasterlandLondonlovesMargaretmourningNorthumberlandPomfretPrince Edward and his brotherprophesyprotectorrefusesreluctantlyRichmondRiversrumorssanctuarysonStanleyStanley's sonTewksburyTower of LondonTyrrelunnaturalWarwickwellwine barrelYorkyoung, ending the War of the Roses by uniting the houses of York and Lancaster.