Richard II (play) - Wikipedia
The Life and Death of King Richard the Second, often shortened to Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1595. Based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399), it chronicles …
Richard II - Entire Play | Folger Shakespeare Library
2015年7月31日 · In Richard II, anger at a king’s arbitrary rule leads to his downfall—and sets in motion a decades-long struggle for the crown that continues in several more history plays. Richard II begins as Richard’s cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, charges Thomas Mowbray with serious crimes, including the murder of the Duke of Gloucester.
Richard II with Jonathan Bailey - Bridge Theatre
Richard II is played by Jonathan Bailey, whose past work includes Bridgerton, Fellow Travellers, Cassio in Nicholas Hytner’s National Theatre production of Othello and Edgar to Ian McKellen’s King Lear. He has also won an Olivier Award for his role of …
Richard II Full Book Summary - SparkNotes
Richard II, written around 1595, is the first play in Shakespeare’s second “history tetralogy,” a series of four plays that chronicles the rise of the house of Lancaster to the British throne.
Richard II | Summary, Characters, & Facts | Britannica
Richard II, chronicle play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1595–96 and published in a quarto edition in 1597 and in the First Folio. The play is the first in a sequence of four history plays known collectively as the ‘second tetralogy.’
Richard II - Folger Shakespeare Library
2024年12月6日 · Read and download Richard II for free. Learn about this Shakespeare play, find scene-by-scene summaries, and discover more Folger resources.
The plot | Richard II | Royal Shakespeare Company
A story of power and plotting, Richard II is the first of Shakespeare's four plays about the House of Lancaster. In the presence of King Richard, Henry Bolingbroke (who would eventually be …
Summary of Richard II | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Richard II. Find out more about his poor rule as king, his loss of the crown and his eventual murder
Richard II Full Book Analysis - SparkNotes
Richard II is a play with essentially one major event: the dethroning of King Richard. Shakespeare defers this event to act 4, and everything leading up to this momentous act—which consists of a single, long scene—functions as the play’s rising action.
Richard II (complete text) :|: Open Source Shakespeare
King Richard II. Tell me, moreover, hast thou sounded him, 10 If he appeal the duke on ancient malice; Or worthily, as a good subject should, On some known ground of treachery in him? John of Gaunt. As near as I could sift him on that argument, On some apparent danger seen in him 15 Aim'd at your highness, no inveterate malice. King Richard II.