Oh no Richard was disabled, the Tudors disabled him, I mean first Henry the pretender unhorsed him
(That is to say took away his mobility aid) and then did him in, I mean the poor guy didn't even get
a decent burial.
You see disability has nothing whatever to do with ones physical makeup at all, it is a political
and legal statement wherein the party of the first part, parts the second part from the right to
party.
Maybe the article you are thinking of was, was embedded in Heveys Tome "The Creatures that time
forgot"
Larry
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> Hi all,
>
> I am not too familiar with the Shakespeare/disability
> discussions, even though I read something once (by David
> Hevey?). For the most part; I can only remember (or think I
> can remember) two things:
>
> 1) Historically, Richard was not disabled.
> 2) It is, primarily, a tool for poetic characterisation of the diabolc
> Richard: "determined to prove a villain" - "cheated of
> feature by dissembling nature, / Deformed, unfinished, sent
> before my time".
>
> But: I am sure someone has written at length about this? But,
> where should I start? Which article is most, there I say it,
> foundational?
>
> All the best,
>
> Halvor
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