Overview
This new edition of Richard II in the acclaimed
Oxford Shakespeare series features a freshly edited version of the
text, extensive commentary, lively illustrations, and a wide-ranging
introduction covering the play's historical contexts, political
significance, characters, sources, and language - detailed stage history
designed to meet the needs of students and theatre professionals -
on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, allusions, staging, and
much else - illustrated with production photographs, historical
portraits, textual facsimiles, and map.