This play opens with Gloucester's ["gloss-turrs"] declaration "now is the winter of our discontent."
One character in this play recounts being told that "Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace." The title character of this play is visited by the ghosts of his victims, who tell him to "Despair and die!" At a battle in this play, threats against Stanley's son prevent him from sending reinforcements. After the title character admits he is "determined to prove a villain," he hires Sir James Tyrrell to murder two rivals after having his brother drowned in Malmsey wine. This play opens with Gloucester's ["gloss-turrs"] declaration "now is the winter of our discontent." For 10 points, name this Shakespeare play whose title hunchbacked king asks to trade his kingdom for a horse.
One character in this play recounts being told that "Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.
Richard III