Also known as Thomas of Woodstock, this unique edition is the only one based on a computerized analysis of the anonymous, hand-written MS in the British Library. Designed for actors and directors, but including scholarly notes and a comparative review of the MS's 13 earlier editions, the meticulously edited text concludes with a 'conjectural emendation' in the Elizabethan manner winding up the story. Is it by Shakespeare? This long-forgotten masterpiece completes the 'Hollow Crown' cycle filling in the narrative between Edward III and Shakespeare's Richard II, which begins immediately after its dramatic depiction of King Richard's first deposition and restoration in December, 1387.
This is a new, three-volume edition of an anonymous Elizabethan history play that has intrigued Shakespeare scholars for more than a century. A set of Text and Variorum Notes meticulously...
This is a new, three-volume (4 book) edition of an anonymous Elizabethan history play that has intrigued Shakespeare scholars for more than a century.
"Includes detailed explanatory notes"--Spine.
King Richard the Second is a history play William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595.
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595.
Grand drama of nobles' rebellion against King Henry, complicated by the ruler's problems with the wayward Prince Hal. Superb blend of courtly intrigue, battlefield action, and comic interludes featuring Sir John Falstaff.
... 'Alleyn Papers' forthe Shakespeare Society, whileoccasionally throwing some further lighton obscureplaces, foisted onShakespeare's biography a series of ingeniously forgeddocuments whichhave greatly perplexed succeedingbiographers.
Richard III.
The Tragedy of King Richard II, 1720
This is a new, three-volume (4 book) edition of an anonymous Elizabethan history play that has intrigued Shakespeare scholars for more than a century. Using modern computer softwares to degrain...