The Tragedy of King Richard II

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Tragedy_of_King_Richard_II
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:basedOn life of King Richard II of England
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 1595
gptkbp:firstPerformed circa 1595
gptkbp:firstPublished 1597
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Henry_IV,_Part_1
gptkbp:genre history play
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Holinshed's_Chronicles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Tragedy of King Richard II
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:King_Richard_II
gptkb:John_of_Gaunt
gptkb:Henry_Bolingbroke
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:manuscriptLocation gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:notableAdaptation gptkb:2012_BBC_The_Hollow_Crown
gptkb:BBC_Television_Shakespeare_(1978)
gptkbp:notableQuote This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle...
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:The_Tragedy_of_King_Richard_the_Second
gptkbp:partOf Shakespeare's second tetralogy
gptkbp:precededBy none (first in tetralogy)
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:book
gptkbp:setting gptkb:England
gptkbp:structure written in verse
gptkbp:subject the deposition of King Richard II
gptkbp:theme betrayal
political intrigue
divine right of kings
legitimacy of kingship
identity and power
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shakespearean_history_plays
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6