Richard II
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Richard II
(Penguin classics, . Penguin literature)(Penguin Shakespeare)
Penguin Classics/Penguin, 2015, c2008
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"This edition first published in Penguin books 1969. Reissued in the Penguin Shakespeare series 2008"--T.p. verso
"Penguin Shakespeare"--Publisher's listing
"The chronology of Shakespeare's works": p. [xvii]-xix
Includes bibliographical references (p. [lxxix]-lxxxiii)
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Description
'Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king'
Richard, a vain, despotic ruler, listens only to his flatterers. When his cousin Bolingbroke, previously banished, returns to seize the crown, Richard discovers that the throne given to him by God can be taken from him by men. Depicting a tortured and morally ambivalent soul wearing the 'hollow crown', whose illusions are brutally shattered, this tragic history play unravels the idea of kingship. It is also a work of epic lyricism, filled with some of Shakespeare's most intoxicating poetry.
Used and Recommended by the National Theatre
General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by Stanley Wells
Introduction by Paul Edmondson
by "Nielsen BookData"