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A Companion to Shakespeare’s Richard II

This discussion aims to facilitate your basic reading and understanding of Shakespeare’s Richard II. It offers guidance on online performances, structure, historical contexts and sources. A final section addresses Richard’s characterisation in relation to the play’s ethics and politics. References are to William Shakespeare. Richard II, ed. Stanley Wells, intro. Paul Edmondson  (London: Penguin, 2008). […]

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