Richard II

Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeares play, "Richard II". This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. The play is the first in Shakespeares tetralogy chronicling the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V, and covers the battle for power between King Richard and Henry Bolingbroke (who would eventually be Henry IV). Embezzlement, exile and an uprising fail to restore Richards place as King. Richard is depicted as feminine and weak, in contrast with the strong and masculine Bolingbroke. The plays implications on traditional expectations of men in society is an area of growing interest for contemporary scholars. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the worlds most famous dramatist.