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File:STC 22274 Fo.2 no.07 b6r.jpg|The title page of ''Richard II'' printed in the | File:STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68 b6r.jpg|The 1623 First Folio title page of ''Richard II''. STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68. | ||
File:STC 22308 Copy 1 title page.jpg|The title page of ''Richard II'' printed in the 1598 Second Quarto. STC 22308 | File:STC 22274 Fo.2 no.07 b6r.jpg|The title page of ''Richard II'' printed in the 1632 Second Folio. STC 22274 Fo.2 no.07. | ||
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File:STC 22309 title page.jpg|The 1598 Third Quarto title page of ''Richard II''. STC 22309. | |||
File:STC 22310 title page.jpg| The title page of ''Richard II'' printed in the 1608 Fourth Quarto. STC 22310. | |||
File:STC 22312 copy 1.jpg|The 1615 Fifth Quarto title page of ''Richard II''. STC 22312. | |||
File:STC 22313 copy 1 title page.jpg|The title page of ''Richard II'' printed in the 1634 Sixth Quarto. STC 22313 copy 1. | |||
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Revision as of 09:03, 14 February 2015
This article is about Shakespeare's play. For other uses, see Richard II (disambiguation).
Richard II, one of William Shakespeare's plays, 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.
Richard II was probably written in 1595, and may have been first performed that year. It was published as a quarto in 1597. Sources include Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles and Edward Hall's Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York; Samuel Daniel's Civil Wars may be a source, too.[1]
Productions at the Folger
Early editions
First Folio
- LUNA: First Folio: b6r - d5r
- Hamnet: STC 22273 Fo. 1 no. 68
Second Folio
- LUNA: Second Folio: b6r - d5r
- Hamnet: STC 22274 Fo. 2 no. 07
Second Quarto
- LUNA: Second Quarto
- Hamnet: STC 22308 Copy 1
Third Quarto
- LUNA: Third Quarto
- Hamnet: STC 22309
Fourth Quarto
- LUNA: Fourth Quarto
- Hamnet: STC 22310
Fifth Quarto
- LUNA: Fifth Quarto
- Hamnet: STC 22312 Copy 1
Sixth Quarto
- LUNA: Sixth Quarto
- Hamnet: STC 22313 Copy 1
The 1623 First Folio title page of Richard II. STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68.
The title page of Richard II printed in the 1632 Second Folio. STC 22274 Fo.2 no.07.
The title page of Richard II printed in the 1598 Second Quarto. STC 22308 copy 1.
The 1598 Third Quarto title page of Richard II. STC 22309.
The title page of Richard II printed in the 1608 Fourth Quarto. STC 22310.
The 1615 Fifth Quarto title page of Richard II. STC 22312.
The title page of Richard II printed in the 1634 Sixth Quarto. STC 22313 copy 1.
Modern editions
Richard II can be read online with Folger Digital Texts and purchased from Simon and Schuster.
Hamnet link to Folger Edition: PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.18
In popular culture
Translations
Performance materials
Other media
Notes
<references>
- ↑ Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 1992 Folger Shakespeare Library.