Richard II (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932219285 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Richard is forced to abdicate, but as his power is stripped away, he gains dignity and self-awareness, and he meets his death heroically. Full-Cast Audio Theater Dramatization. When his cousin Henry Bolingbroke returns from banishment and mounts a challenge to his authority, Richard's right to the throne proves of little help to him. Meanwhile Bolingbroke's seizure of the crown has caused resentment among the nobles of England.. John Wood plays John of Gaunt. The sensitive and poetic Richard II is undoubtedly the rightful king of England but he is unscrupulous and weak. Rupert Graves is Richard II, and Julian Glover is Bolingbroke. Shakespeare's finest verse play is also his first portrait of the psychology of power
"Cmbridge University Press has provided a very great service to the scholarly community with its series The Early Quartos produced in parallel withis text is a valuable contribution to the study of this play and of the history of Shakespare's texts in general." Shakespare Bulletin