John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now ...

Richard II was his first TV Shakespeare performance ... Ian McKellen as Richard II (BBC, 1969) Ian McKellen as the tragic King Richard in the 1971 BBC production Vanessa Redgrave as Rosalind ...

Richard is an irresponsible king, who wastes his country's money and leases out land. After being banished by Richard, Henry Bolingbroke returns intent on taking back the land Richard seized after ...

The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare The actions and repercussions of a proud King whose vanity and selfishness lead to his downfall ...