This classic tragedy by William Shakespeare tells the story of King Richard II, a powerful monarch whose reign is threatened by the powerful Henry Bolingbroke. After a series of missteps, Richard is forced to abdicate the throne and is eventually murdered. The play examines the consequences of power
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The Life and Death of King Richard the Second (1595), also Richard II, is a Shakespearean history play about the lifetime and reign of King Richard II of England. As a dramatised period history of the English monarchy, Richard II chronicles the machinations of the noblemen of the royal court who conspire, precipitate, and realise the downfall and death of the King of England.