The Tragedy of King Richard II Part One: Ascribed to William Shakespeare

Also known as Thomas of Woodstock, this unique edition is the only one based on a computerized analysis of the anonymous, hand-written MS in the British Library. Designed for actors and directors, but including scholarly notes and a comparative review of the MS's 13 earlier editions, the meticulously edited text concludes with a 'conjectural emendation' in the Elizabethan manner winding up the story. Is it by Shakespeare? This long-forgotten masterpiece completes the 'Hollow Crown' cycle filling in the narrative between Edward III and Shakespeare's Richard II, which begins immediately after its dramatic depiction of King Richard's first deposition and restoration in December, 1387.

Author: Michael Egan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 02/28/2017
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781523987771
ISBN10: 1523987774
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater | General
- Drama | Shakespeare

About the Author
Michael Egan is a former English professor and Scholar in Residence at Brigham Young University, Hawaii. Now an independent Shakespeare scholar, he has published 12 books and numerous articles on a variety of academic topics. 1 Richard II is based on a unique digital analysis of an anonymous Elizabethan manuscript in the British Library, London, which has been ascribed to Shakespeare. This edition includes a scholarly review of the play's 13 previous editions, including A.P. Rossiter's Woodstock, a Moral History (1946), notes of interest to students and actors, and an original conclusion restoring the play's censored ending which depicted Richard II's forgotten first deposition in 1387. The play provides an indispensable context for understanding Shakespeare's canonical Richard II, including the murder of the Duke of Gloucester and the King's illegal parceling out of England 'like to a tenement or pelting farm, ' referred to in John of Gaunt's famous 'scepter'd isle' speech in The Tragedy of King Richard II.

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