Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy, or a historical play, or a political drama, or as one part of a vast dramatic cycl
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackRichard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial
Shakespeare’s Richard II presents a momentous struggle between Richard II and his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. Richard is the legitimate king; he succeeded his grandfather, King Edward III, after the ear
"The long-awaited prequel to Chronicles of the Revolution covers the first twenty years (1377-97) of Richard II's reign. This richly-documented period offers exceptional opportunities and challenges t
The long-awaited prequel to Chronicles of the Revolution covers the first twenty years (1377-97) of Richard II's reign. This richly-documented period offers exceptional opportunities and challenges to
Richard II is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This Oxford School Shakespeare edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom notes.
Written in 1595, Richard II occupies a significant place in the Shakespeare canon. It marks the transition from the earlier history plays dominated by civil war and stark power to a more nuanced repre
Written in 1595, Richard II occupies a significant place in the Shakespeare canon, marking the transition from the earlier history plays dominated by civil war and stark power to a more nuanced repres
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of Richard II, chronologically the first of the eight plays in Shakespeare’s History Cycle, which marks the
This edition of Shakespeare's Richard II puts readers in touch with the current ways of thinking about Shakespeare. The volume contains full explanatory notes on the pages facing the text of the play
This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Richard II offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studi
"A quite wonderful ideaSo blindingly obvious, I can't understand why nobody had thought of it before. I will certainly use the texts myself."-- Sir Peter Hall
This "Columbia Critical Guide" steers a clear path through the huge body of critical material on "Richard II" that has accrued over the past three centuries, elucidating the play's reception by audien
Shakespeare's Richard II grew in stature from foppish and cruel young man to a reflective and philosophic king. This may have been the fifteenth-century view, and a traditionally criticised one.
This moving and eloquent historical drama depicts the conflict between a willful and arrogant poet of a king, Richard II, and his politically pragmatic cousin, Bolingbroke. Rich with memorable scenes
Banishing his cousin, Bolingbroke, King Richard II prevents a dispute from turning bloody. But Richard is an arrogant and despotic ruler, prone to tyranny and vanity, who listens only to his flatterer
This critical volume offers an invaluable selection of early criticism and modern commentaries by Richard D. Altick, E.M.W. Tillyard, M.C. Bradbrook, Brents Sterling, E.H. Kantorowicz, J.A. Bryant Jr,
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Richard II (1377-1399) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense
Arguably the first play in a Shakespearean tetralogy, Richard II is a unique and compelling political drama whose themes still resonate today. It is one of the few Shakespeare plays written entirely i
′Bear you well in this new spring of time,Lest you be cropp′d before you come to prime.′King Richard II rules England in a wasteful and short-sighted way, spending money unwisely and selecting his cou
JEREMY LOPEZ is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of Theatrical Convention and Audience Response in Early Modern Drama (Cambridge University Press,
Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-
The late medieval kings of England showed little interest in their Lordship of Ireland. They showed even less interest in the Gaelic Irish population of the island. Richard II, however, was different.
The reign of Richard II and the circumstances of his deposition have long been subject to intense debate. This new interpretation of the politics of the late-fourteenth century offers an in-depth surv
"Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm off from an anointed king," declares the soon-to-be deposed ruler of this historical drama. Confident in his divine right,
Andrew Gurr has added a new section to the Introduction of this updated edition in which he describes the growing interest in new historical and political analysis of the play. He also surveys a numb
This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence. Forker places the play
