Shakespeare’s Richard II

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early modern English drama history play play tragedy

Shakespeare’s Richard II is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the downfall of King Richard II and the rise of Henry Bolingbroke, exploring themes of kingship, legitimacy, and identity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings" speech	1
Richard II (stage production)	1
Richard II – Henry IV, Part 1 – Henry IV, Part 2 – Henry V	1
Shakespeare’s Richard II canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern English drama ⓘ history play ⓘ play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate	c. 1595 ⓘ
author	William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme	deposition of a monarch ⓘ divine right of kings ⓘ identity ⓘ kingship ⓘ legitimacy of rule ⓘ political rebellion ⓘ
containsScene	John of Gaunt’s “This royal throne of kings” speech NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
dramaticForm	chronicle history ⓘ
famousLine	“For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground / And tell sad stories of the death of kings” ⓘ “I wasted time, and now doth time waste me” ⓘ “This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle” ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Bagot NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishop of Carlisle NERFINISHED ⓘ Bushy NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mowbray NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstKnownPerformance	late 16th century ⓘ
followedBy	Henry IV, Part 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry IV, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry V NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	history play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted	Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV of England) NERFINISHED ⓘ King Richard II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSetting	reign of King Richard II of England ⓘ
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Duke of Aumerle NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of York NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Bolingbroke NERFINISHED ⓘ John of Gaunt NERFINISHED ⓘ King Richard II NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Isabel NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage	Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotFocus	downfall of King Richard II ⓘ rise of Henry Bolingbroke ⓘ
settingLocation	England NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	five acts ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	late 14th century ⓘ
title	Richard II NERFINISHED ⓘ
verseForm	blank verse ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Raphael Holinshed → influencedWork → Shakespeare’s Richard II ⓘ

Fiona Shaw → notableWork → Shakespeare’s Richard II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard II (stage production)

Henriad → dramaticCycleOrder → Shakespeare’s Richard II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard II – Henry IV, Part 1 – Henry IV, Part 2 – Henry V

William Shakespeare's play "Richard II" → containsScene → Shakespeare’s Richard II ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard II

this entity surface form: John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings" speech