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Richard II
Sign in to saveAlso known as King Richard II, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Tragedy of King Richard the Second, The Life and Death of Richard the Second, Life and Death of Richard the Second
history play by William Shakespeare
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Vinony's link graph records 986 inbound references to Richard II, and connects out to Niccolò Machiavelli, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.
Vinony files it under 1595 plays, Biographical plays about English royalty and British plays adapted into films.
Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Genre
- historical play
- Country of origin
- England
- Depicts
- Richard II of England
- Image
- R2 Q1 TP 1597.jpg
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- first line
- Old John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster, hast thou, according to thy oath and band, brought hither Henry Hereford thy bold son, here to make good the boisterous late appeal, which then our leisure would not let us hear, against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray?
- Commons category
- Richard II (play)
- language of work or name
- Early Modern English
- inception
- 1595-00-00
- derivative work
- The Hollow Crown
- form of creative work
- play
- copyright status
- public domain
- last line
- March sadly after, grace my mourning heere, in weeping after this vntimely Beere.
- time period
- Renaissance
- title
- Richard II
- publication date
- 1595-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard II: The Entry of Richard and Bolingbroke into London, [Act V, Scene 2]. (James Northcote, 1793)
The Life and Death of King Richard the Second (1595), also Richard II, is a Shakespearean history play about the lifetime and reign of King Richard II of England (r. 1377–1399). As a dramatised period history of the English monarchy, Richard II chronicles the machinations of the noblemen of the royal court who conspire, precipitate, and realise the downfall and death of the King of England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richard II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.