Richard II
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Richard II
William Shakespeare
Drama
Jul 31, 2018
Richard II is a history play distinguished by its poetry. In portraying the downfall of a monarch and the historic violation of the divine right of kings by Henry Bolingbroke, who usurped Richard’s throne to launch the Lancastrian dynasty as Henry IV, Shakespeare gives his title character a lyric eloquence in speeches that are early explorations of the intimate meditative mode the dramatist would perfect in Hamlet’s soliloquies.
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Dec 31, 2019
I read and listened to the Arkangel dramatization. It really brought out the poignant portrayal of Richard's downfall.
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May 23, 2020
Love the beautiful soliloquies in this play.
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Jan 29
Must read!
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