Richard II: (Annotated)
- ISBN-10
- 1720092176
- ISBN-13
- 9781720092179
- Series
- Richard II
- Pages
- 91
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-09-05
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Author
- William Shakespeare
Description
King Richard II is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377-1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V.Although the First Folio (1623) edition of Shakespeare's works lists the play as a history play, the earlier Quarto edition of 1597 calls it The tragedy of King Richard the second.
