Richard II is a vain and despotic ruler who listens only to his flatterers. When his previously banished cousin Bolingbroke returns to seize the crown, Richard discovers that the throne given to him by God can be taken from him by men. Depicting a tortured and morally ambivalent soul wearing the hollow crown, this tragic history play explores the nature of kingship as Richards illusions are brutally shattered. It is also a work of epic lyricism, filled with some of Shakespeares most intoxicating poetry. This edition includes an introduction by Paul Edmondson.
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