num_pages: 252
description: Andrew Gurr has added a new section to the Introduction of this updated edition in which he describes the growing interest in new historical and political analysis of the play. He also surveys a number of important professional theatre productions and guides the reader through scholarly criticism of recent years. The Reading List has been revised and augmented. First Edition Hb (1984): 0-521-23010-1 First Edition Pb (1984): 0-521-29765-6
language: English
title: King Richard II
titlecomplete: King Richard II
characters: Sir Henry Greene, Isabella of Valois, 1st Herald, William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros, John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley, William de Colchester, Abbott of Westminster, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester, Walter FitzWalter, 4th (or 5th) Baron FitzWalter, Richard II of England, William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, King of Mann, Lord Marshal, Sir Stephen Scroop, Henry Percy "Hotspur", Groom, 1st Gardener's Man, Henry IV of England, Edward of Langley, 2nd Duke of York, Sir Edward Bagot, Keeper of Pomfret Prison, Sir Piers Exton, 2nd Herald, Gardener, 1st Lady, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Thomas Merke, Bishop of Carlisle, 2nd Lady, Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, Joan Holland, Edward, 2nd Duke of York, Duke of Aumerle, Welsh Captain, Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Henry V of England, 2nd Gardener's Man, Sir William Bushy
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Historical, Poetry, Drama, School, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 24177
series: Wars of the Roses
publisher: Cambridge University Press