Shakespeare’s Richard II

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Shakespeare’s Richard II is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the downfall of King Richard II and the rise of Henry Bolingbroke, exploring themes of kingship, legitimacy, and identity.

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instanceOf early modern English drama ⓘ
history play ⓘ
play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate c. 1595 ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
centralTheme deposition of a monarch ⓘ
divine right of kings ⓘ
identity ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
legitimacy of rule ⓘ
political rebellion ⓘ
containsScene John of Gaunt’s “This royal throne of kings” speech ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticForm chronicle history ⓘ
famousLine “For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground / And tell sad stories of the death of kings” ⓘ
“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me” ⓘ
“This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle” ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bagot ⓘ
Bishop of Carlisle ⓘ
Bushy ⓘ
Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Green ⓘ
Thomas Mowbray ⓘ
firstKnownPerformance late 16th century ⓘ
followedBy Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ
Henry V ⓘ
linked to: Henry V (play)
genre history play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV of England) ⓘ
King Richard II of England ⓘ
historicalSetting reign of King Richard II of England ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
mainCharacter Duke of Aumerle ⓘ
Duke of York ⓘ
Henry Bolingbroke ⓘ
John of Gaunt ⓘ
King Richard II ⓘ
Queen Isabel ⓘ
originalLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
partOf Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy ⓘ
plotFocus downfall of King Richard II ⓘ
rise of Henry Bolingbroke ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted late 14th century ⓘ
title Richard II ⓘ
verseForm blank verse ⓘ

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Raphael Holinshed → influencedWork → Shakespeare’s Richard II ⓘ
Fiona Shaw → notableWork → Richard II (stage production) ⓘ
linked to: Shakespeare’s Richard II
Henriad → dramaticCycleOrder → Richard II – Henry IV, Part 1 – Henry IV, Part 2 – Henry V ⓘ
linked to: Shakespeare’s Richard II
Richard II → containsScene → John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings" speech ⓘ
linked to: Shakespeare’s Richard II
Nahum Tate → notableWork → Richard II (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Shakespeare’s Richard II