Richard II (play by William Shakespeare)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_II_(play_by_William_Shakespeare)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:play
gptkbp:author	gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:basedOn	life of King Richard II of England
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateWritten	circa 1595
gptkbp:firstPerformed	gptkb:London 1595
gptkbp:firstPublished	1597
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Henry_IV,_Part_1
gptkbp:genre	history play
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	late 14th century
gptkbp:historicalSource	gptkb:Holinshed's_Chronicles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Richard II (play by William Shakespeare)
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:King_Richard_II gptkb:John_of_Gaunt gptkb:Henry_Bolingbroke Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:notableAdaptation	gptkb:2012_BBC_The_Hollow_Crown gptkb:BBC_Television_Shakespeare_(1978)
gptkbp:notablePerformance	gptkb:Alec_Guinness_(1953,_Stratford-upon-Avon) gptkb:Alex_Jennings_(1995,_RSC) gptkb:Antony_Sher_(1986,_RSC) gptkb:Ben_Miles_(2012,_BBC_The_Hollow_Crown) gptkb:Ben_Whishaw_(BBC,_2012) gptkb:Charles_Edwards_(2015,_Globe_Theatre) gptkb:Christopher_Plummer_(1960,_Stratford_Festival) gptkb:Clive_Owen_(1995,_National_Theatre) gptkb:David_Morrissey_(2000,_Almeida_Theatre) gptkb:David_Tennant_(RSC,_2013) gptkb:David_Warner_(1965,_RSC) gptkb:Derek_Jacobi_(1978,_BBC) gptkb:Eddie_Redmayne_(2011,_Donmar_Warehouse) gptkb:Fiona_Shaw_(1995,_National_Theatre) gptkb:Ian_Richardson_(1974,_RSC) gptkb:Jeremy_Irons_(2012,_BBC_The_Hollow_Crown) gptkb:John_Gielgud_(1937,_Old_Vic) gptkb:John_Hurt_(1971,_National_Theatre) gptkb:John_Neville_(1960,_Old_Vic) gptkb:John_Shrapnel_(1995,_National_Theatre) gptkb:John_Wood_(1974,_RSC) gptkb:Jonathan_Pryce_(1980,_Royal_Court_Theatre) gptkb:Kevin_Spacey_(2005,_Old_Vic) gptkb:Mark_Rylance_(Globe_Theatre,_2003) gptkb:Michael_Bryant_(1973,_National_Theatre) gptkb:Michael_Gambon_(1973,_National_Theatre) gptkb:Michael_Maloney_(1997,_Almeida_Theatre) gptkb:Michael_Redgrave_(1951,_Shakespeare_Memorial_Theatre) gptkb:Michael_Sheen_(2003,_Old_Vic) gptkb:Michael_York_(1970,_National_Theatre) gptkb:Nigel_Terry_(1983,_BBC_Shakespeare) gptkb:Patrick_Stewart_(1974,_RSC) gptkb:Paul_Scofield_(1952,_Shakespeare_Memorial_Theatre) gptkb:Peter_O'Toole_(1980,_Old_Vic) gptkb:Ralph_Fiennes_(2000,_Almeida_Theatre) gptkb:Richard_Burton_(1951,_Shakespeare_Memorial_Theatre) gptkb:Richard_Harris_(1960,_Old_Vic) gptkb:Richard_Pasco_(1974,_RSC) gptkb:Robert_Stephens_(1969,_National_Theatre) gptkb:Rory_Kinnear_(2016,_Almeida_Theatre) gptkb:Rupert_Graves_(1997,_Almeida_Theatre) gptkb:Samuel_West_(2000,_RSC) gptkb:Tom_Hiddleston_(2012,_BBC_The_Hollow_Crown) Michael Pennington (1986, English Shakespeare Company) Alan Badel (1952, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) Graham Crowden (1974, Prospect Theatre Company) Ian McKellen (1969, Prospect Theatre Company) James Purefoy (1997, Almeida Theatre) Jonathan Slinger (2007, RSC) Paul Rhys (2003, Globe Theatre) Peter Sallis (1960, Old Vic) Simon Callow (1995, National Theatre) Simon Russell Beale (2000, Almeida Theatre)
gptkbp:notableQuote	This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle... For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.
gptkbp:numberOfActs	5
gptkbp:originalTitle	gptkb:The_Tragedy_of_King_Richard_the_Second
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Shakespeare's_histories
gptkbp:precededBy	none (first in second tetralogy)
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Valentine_Simmes
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:England
gptkbp:structure	written entirely in verse
gptkbp:subject	deposition of Richard II
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:identity betrayal power legitimacy kingship divine right of kings
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Richard_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5