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Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445662794
A new biography re-examining the complex and fascinating king, whose very humanity saw him deposed from his divine role.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Lushena Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9798890966803
The authoritative edition of Richard II from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. 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 earlier death of his father Edward, the Black Prince. Yet Richard is also seen by many as a tyrant. He toys with his subjects, exiling Bolingbroke for six years. When he seizes the title and property that should be Bolingbroke's, Richard threatens the very structure of the kingdom. Bolingbroke returns with an army that is supported by nobles and commoners alike, both believing themselves oppressed by Richard. This sets the stage for a confrontation between his army and the tradition of sacred kingship supporting the isolated but now more sympathetic Richard.
Author : William Shakespeare,George Steevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1786
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10749349
Author : Margaret Shewring
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719046262
Considers the theatrical fortunes of Richard II from its politically controversial beginnings on the Elizabethan and Restoration stage, to its various later interpretations responding to 19th- and 20th-century tastes and attitudes. A wide range of performances is documented and discussed. These illustrate the ways in which different theatres and companies have staged the play by cutting, restructuring or adding to Shakepeare's script to highlight spectacle, the personality of the King, the nature of authority and the place of Richard in the overall sweep of English history.
Author : Nigel Saul
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300149050
Richard II is one of the most enigmatic of English kings. Shakespeare depicted him as a tragic figure, an irresponsible, cruel monarch who nevertheless rose in stature as the substance of power slipped from him. By later writers he has been variously portrayed as a half-crazed autocrat or a conventional ruler whose principal errors were the mismanagement of his nobility and disregard for the political conventions of his age. This book—the first full-length biography of Richard in more than fifty years—offers a radical reinterpretation of the king. Nigel Saul paints a picture of Richard as a highly assertive and determined ruler, one whose key aim was to exalt and dignify the crown. In Richard's view, the crown was threatened by the factiousness of the nobility and the assertiveness of the common people. The king met these challenges by exacting obedience, encouraging lofty new forms of address, and constructing an elaborate system of rule by bonds and oaths. Saul traces the sources of Richard's political ideas and finds that he was influenced by a deeply felt orthodox piety and by the ideas of the civil lawyers. He shows that, although Richard's kingship resembled that of other rulers of the period, unlike theirs, his reign ended in failure because of tactical errors and contradictions in his policies. For all that he promoted the image of a distant, all-powerful monarch, Richard II's rule was in practice characterized by faction and feud. The king was obsessed by the search for personal security: in his subjects, however, he bred only insecurity and fear. A revealing portrait of a complex and fascinating figure, the book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics and culture of the English middle ages.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1500654620
King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V. It may not have been written as a stand-alone work.Although the First Folio (1623) edition of Shakespeare's works lists the play as a history play, the earlier Quarto edition of 1597 calls it The tragedie of King Richard the second.The play spans only the last two years of Richard's life, from 1398 to 1400. The first Act begins with King Richard sitting majestically on his throne in full state. We learn that Henry Bolingbroke, Richard's cousin, is having a dispute with Thomas Mowbray, and they both want the king to act as judge. The subject of the quarrel is Bolingbroke's accusation that Mowbray had squandered monies given to him by Richard for the King's soldiers. Bolingbroke also accuses Mowbray of the recent murder of the Duke of Gloucester, although John of Gaunt—Gloucester's brother and Bolingbroke's father—believes that Richard himself was responsible for the murder. After several attempts to calm both men, Richard acquiesces and Bolingbroke and Mowbray challenge each other to a duel, over the objections of both Richard and Gaunt.The tournament scene is very formal with a long, ceremonial introduction. But Richard interrupts the duel at the very beginning and sentences both men to banishment from England. Bolingbroke is originally sentenced to leave for ten years, but Richard changes this to six years, whereas Mowbray is banished forever. The king's decision can be seen as the first mistake in a series that will lead eventually to his overthrow and death. Indeed, Mowbray predicts that the king will fall sooner or later at the hands of Bolingbroke.John of Gaunt dies and Richard II seizes all of his land and money. This angers the nobility, who accuse Richard of wasting England's money, of taking Gaunt's money (which rightfully belongs to Bolingbroke) to fund a war in Ireland, of taxing the commoners, and of fining the nobles for crimes their ancestors committed. Next, they help Bolingbroke secretly return to England and plan to overthrow Richard II. However, there remain some subjects faithful to Richard, among them Bushy, Bagot, Green and the Duke of Aumerle (son of the Duke of York), cousin of both Richard and Bolingbroke. King Richard leaves England to administer the war in Ireland, and Bolingbroke takes the opportunity to assemble an army and invade the north coast of England. He executes Bushy and Green, and wins over the Duke of York, whom Richard has left in charge of his government during his absence.When Richard returns, Bolingbroke first claims his land back but then additionally claims the throne. He crowns himself King Henry IV and Richard is taken into prison to the castle of Pomfret. Aumerle and others plan a rebellion against the new king, but York discovers his son's treachery and reveals it to Henry, who spares Aumerle as a result of the intercession of the Duchess of York but executes the other conspirators. After interpreting King Henry's "living fear" as a reference to the still-living Richard, an ambitious nobleman (Exton) goes to the prison and murders the former king. King Henry repudiates the murderer and vows to journey to Jerusalem to cleanse himself of his part in Richard's death.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521532488
This second edition of King Richard II features a new introductory section by Andrew Gurr.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000252542
Author : Philippe de Mézières
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000003300493
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408143124
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 in its political context, discussing its relation to competing theories of monarchy, looking at how it faced censorship because of possible comparisons between Richard II and Elizabeth I, and how Bolingbroke's rebellion could be compared to the Essex rising of the time. This edition also reconsiders Shakespeare's use of sources, asking why he chose to emphasise one approach over another. Forker also looks at the play's rich afterlife, and the many interpretations that actors and directors have taken. Finally, the edition looks closely at the aesthetic relationship between language, character, structure and political import.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086738408
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015049809646
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074892120
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517364302
King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377-1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V. It may not have been written as a stand-alone work.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1803
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015081459359