Editing Richard III (play) (section)

===''Now is the winter of our discontent''===
In ''The Return to Parnassus; the Scourge of Simony'', one of the three [[Parnassus plays]], which were written between 1598 and 1602 two characters, Philomusus and Studiosus, audition for [[Richard Burbage]] and [[William Kempe|Will Kemp]], members of Shakespeare's company, the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]]. The audition piece Philomusus performs is from the opening monologue of ''Richard III’'.<ref>Bate, Jonathan. ''The Genius of Shakespeare''. Oxford University Press (1998) {{ISBN|9780195128239}} page 22</ref><ref>''The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes'' (1907–21). Volume VI. The Drama to 1642, Part Two. XII. University Plays. § 16. The Parnassus Trilogy.</ref><ref>''The pilgrimage to Parnassus with the two parts of The return from Parnassus. Three comedies performed in St. John's college, Cambridge, A.D. 1597-1601.'' Editor: Macray, William Dunn. Oxford Clarendon Press, 1886</ref>

The 2010 film, ''[[The King's Speech]]'', features a scene where the king's speech therapist [[Lionel Logue]], as played by [[Geoffrey Rush]], auditions for the role by reciting the lines, "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York". Shakespeare critic Keith Jones believes that the film in general sets up its main character as a kind of antithesis to Richard III.<ref>[http://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2011/01/shakespeare-in-kings-speech.html Shakespeare in ''King's Speech'']</ref> The same antithesis was noted by conservative commentator Noah Millman.<ref>Millman, Noah. [http://www.theamericanconservative.com/millman/weekly-double-feature-feature-richard-iii-and-the-kings-speech/ "Weekly Double Feature: ''Richard III'' and ''The King's Speech''"] ''[[The American Conservative]]'' 24 March 2012</ref>

In the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "[[Marooned (Red Dwarf)|Marooned]]", [[Arnold Rimmer|Rimmer]] objects to [[Dave Lister|Lister]]'s burning of the ''Complete Works of Shakespeare'' in an attempt to maintain enough heat to keep him alive. When challenged, Rimmer claims he can quote from it and embarks upon the soliloquy: "Now!&nbsp;... That's all I can remember. You know! That famous speech from ''Richard III'' – 'now, something something something something'."

In the 1967 film ''[[Billion Dollar Brain]]'', [[Harry Palmer]] is told to use the verse as a [[Code word (figure of speech)|code phrase]].

John Steinbeck used the opening line for the title of his novel ''[[The Winter of Our Discontent]]''.

The phrase "[[Winter of Discontent]]" is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members.