Richard II

By William Shakespeare

Categories: Drama, Literature & Fiction

Shakespeare’s history play about the fall of King Richard II and the rise of Henry Bolingbroke. A study of sacred kingship, legitimacy, and political theater as Richard loses the crown and learns what power meant only as it slips away. Folger Shakespeare Library edition.

Recommended by 1 person

• Patrick Collison: “I happened to read Moby Dick alongside Shakespeare, specifically Richard II”