Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M. A. , Ph. D. , Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. Richard II is one of Shakespeare’s finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy, or a historical play, or a political drama, or as one part of a vast dramatic cycle which helped to generate England’s national identity. Today, to some of us, Richard II may appear conservative; but, in Shakespeare’s day, it could appear subversive: ‘I am Richard II’, declared an indignant Queen Elizabeth. Numerous recent revivals in the theatre and on scre.
| Autor |
William Shakespeare |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
144 |
| Rok vydania |
2013 |
