English · Idiom Historical

Shakespeare's Richard III

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

It is not to be found there, but is in Act iv, Sc. lii, of Colley Gibber's The Tragical History of Richard III, altered from Shakespeare (1700).

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “Shakespeare's Richard III” mean?

It is not to be found there, but is in Act iv, Sc. lii, of Colley Gibber's The Tragical History of Richard III, altered from Shakespeare (1700).

Is “Shakespeare's Richard III” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time