num_pages: 256
description: This anonymous manuscript play has long been the subject of scholarly dispute regarding its relationship with Shakespeare's Richard II. This edition, which thoroughly re-examines the text, situates the play within its historical and political context, relating it to the genre of chronicle drama to which it belongs.
language: English
title: Thomas of Woodstock: or King Richard the Second, Part One
titlecomplete: Thomas of Woodstock: or King Richard the Second, Part One
characters: Sir Henry Greene, Sir Thomas Cheney, Lapoole, Governor of Calais, A Spruce Courtier, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, Edward III of England, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester, Richard II of England, William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, King of Mann, Crosby, law officer to Tresilian, Fleming, law officer to Tresilian, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Philippa de Coucy, Countess of Oxford, Edward the Black Prince, A Maid-in-waiting to the Queen, Sir Edward Bagot, A Butcher, Cowtail, a grazier, A Serving-man, Sir Robert Tresilian, The Shrieve of Northumberland, 1 Murderer, 2 Murderer, A Farmer, Nicholas Exton, Lord Mayor of London, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, A Servant to Tresilian, A Whistler, A Servant at Plashy House, A Schoolmaster, Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, Cynthia, Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, Anne of Bohemia, Nimble, The Shrieve of Kent, A Gentleman, Master Ignorance, the Baily of Dunstable, Sir William Bushy
genres: Plays, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 27
publisher: Manchester University Press