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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
~30 min read
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.
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