An edition of King Richard II (1597)

A new Shakespeare quarto

the tragedy of King Richard II, printed for the third time by Valentine Simmes in 1598. Reproduced in facsimile from the unique copy in the library of William Augustus White, with an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard.

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An edition of King Richard II (1597)

A new Shakespeare quarto

the tragedy of King Richard II, printed for the third time by Valentine Simmes in 1598. Reproduced in facsimile from the unique copy in the library of William Augustus White, with an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard.

  • 3.67 ·
  • 6 Ratings
  • 32 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

"Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years"--Container.

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B. Quaritch
Language
English
Pages
104

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King Richard the Second
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The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
1965-03, Yale University Press
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King Richard the Second
1905, American Book Company
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Edition Notes

Original title: The Tragedie of King Richard the second. As it hath beene publikely acted by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. By William Shake-speare. London, Printed by Valentine Simmes, for Andrew Wise, and are to be solde at his shop in Paules churchyard, at the signe of the Angel. 1598.

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Library of Congress
PR2750 B20 1916

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Pagination
104 p., facsim.: 1 p. l., [70] p.
Number of pages
104

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Open Library
OL14672368M

Excerpts

Richard. Old John of Gaunt, time-honored Lancaster, Hast thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Hereford, thy bold son, Here to make good the boist'rous late appeal, Which then our leisure would not let us hear, Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray?
added anonymously.

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