Guide Note:Richard II is a classic history by William Shakespeare.
Fast Facts:
- Written: 1595
- Primary source: Chronicles - Raphael Holinshed
- Entered into Stationers' Register: August 29, 1597 by bookseller Andrew Wise
- Written entirely in verse
- First performance: December 9, 1595 - Sir Edward Hoby's house, Canon Row
- Ran for 133 performances on Broadway in 1937
- Main Characters:
- Richard II
- Henry Bolingbroke
- Thomas Mowbray
- John of Gaunt
- Famous Quotes:
- Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. 1.3
- Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle. 2.3
- Things past redress are now with me past care. 2.3
- The worst is death, and death will have his day. 3.2