King Richard II
A study of the theatrical fortunes of Richard II from its politically controversial beginnings on the Elizabethan and Restoration stage, to its later interpretations which responded to nineteenth and twentieth century tastes and attitudes. The volume is part of the SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE series.
Print Book, English, 1996
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1996
206 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 20 cm.
9780719046261, 0719046262
263561835
Part 1 "Dangerous matter" - Shakepeare's "Richard II" - its structure and context. Part 2 "Richard II" on stage and television, 1857-1987. Part 3 "Richard II" in other cultural contexts. Afterword: a "Richard II" for the 1990s.