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A precursor to his Henriad trilogy, Shakespeare’s Richard II charts Richard’s fall from grace and the rise of the future Henry IV, the first king from the House of Lancaster. Unable to properly manage money and an inept politician in the eyes of his courtiers, Richard’s hold on the throne is tenuous. He exiles his cousin Henry—greatly ...
About Shakespeare’s Richard II. Shakespeare’s Richard II represents a momentous struggle in English history, the struggle between King Richard II and his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. Richard is apparently secure on his throne at the beginning of the play. He is, beyond any question, the legitimate heir to the crown of England, which is ...
View all. Richard II begins with a dispute between Henry Bolingbroke, King Richard ’s cousin, and Thomas Mowbray. Both Henry and Mowbray accuse each other of treason, and Henry also accuses Mowbray of conspiring to murder the king’s uncle, the Duke of Gloucester. The irony here, as expressed in the next scene by Henry’s father, John of ...
Richard II, written around 1595, is the first play in Shakespeare’s second “history tetralogy,” a series of four plays that chronicles the rise of the house of Lancaster to the British throne. Its sequel plays are Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V. Richard II, set around the year 1398, traces the fall from power of the last ...
A minor lord who throws down a gage during act 4, scene 1. He also throws his weight around in act 5, scene 6. Next section King Richard II. A list of all the characters in Richard II. Richard II characters include: King Richard II, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, Edmund of Langley, Duke of York.
SCENE I. London. KING RICHARD II's palace. Enter KING RICHARD II, JOHN OF GAUNT, with other Nobles and Attendants KING RICHARD II 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 ...
Richard II Summary. King Richard II banishes Henry Bolingbroke, seizes noble land, and uses the money to fund wars. Henry returns to England to reclaim his land, gathers an army of those opposed to Richard, and deposes him. Now as Henry IV, Henry imprisons Richard, and Richard is murdered in prison. More detail: 2 minute read.
