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Act 1 Scene 1

Placeholder for Hamlet Quarto 2

Act 1, Scene 1

Published in 1603 and considered to be a bad quarto.

An Average Tuesday With Richard

Plays, they say, are never written about typical, average Tuesdays when nothing out of the ordinary happens. Plays—good ones, anyway—are written about days when big, remarkable things take place: turning points, major discoveries, tragedies,...

King Richard II

Period written: 1595 First known performance: 1601 (Globe Theatre, London) Richard hears a dispute between Mowbray and Bolingbroke, each accusing the other of conspiracy in the Duke of Gloucester’s murder, and...

King Richard II: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 London. King Richard’s palace. (King Richard, John of Gaunt, Nobles, Attendants, Bullingbrook, Mowbray)

King Richard II: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 The Duke of Lancaster’s palace. (John of Gaunt, Duchess of Gloucester) Enter John of Gaunt with the...

King Richard II: Act I, Scene 3

Scene 3 The lists at Coventry. (Lord Marshal, Duke Aumerle, King, Gaunt, Bushy, Bagot, Green, Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, Heralds, Bullingbrook, Duke of...

King Richard II: Act I, Scene 4

Scene 4 The court. (King, Green, Bagot, Lord Aumerle, Bushy) Enter the King with Green and Bagot at one door and the...

King Richard II: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 Ely House. (John of Gaunt, Duke of York, King, Queen, Aumerle, Bushy, Green, Bagot, Ross, Willoughby, Attendants,...

King Richard II: Act II, Scene 2

Scene 2 Windsor Castle. (Queen, Bushy, Bagot, Green, York, Servingman) Enter the Queen, Bushy,...

King Richard II: Act II, Scene 3

Scene 3 Wilds in Gloucestershire. (Bullingbrook, Duke of Herford, Northumberland, Harry Percy, Ross, Willoughby, Berkeley, York)

King Richard II: Act II, Scene 4

Scene 4 A camp in Wales. (Earl of Salisbury, Welsh Captain) Enter Earl of Salisbury and a Welsh...

King Richard II: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 Bristol. Before the castle. (Bullingbrook, Duke of Herford, York, Northumberland, Ross, Percy, Willoughby, Bushy, Green)

King Richard II: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 The coast of Wales. A castle in view. (King, Aumerle, Bishop of Carlisle, Soldiers, Salisbury, Scroop) Drums:...

King Richard II: Act III, Scene 3

Scene 3 Wales. Before Flint Castle. (Bullingbrook, York, Northumberland, Attendants, Harry Percy, King Richard, Carlisle, Aumerle, Scroop,...

King Richard II: Act III, Scene 4

Scene 4 Langley. The Duke of York’s garden. (Queen, Ladies, Gardener, Gardener’s Men) Enter the Queen...

King Richard II: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 Westminster Hall. (Bullingbrook, Aumerle, Northumberland, Percy, Fitzwater, Surrey, Bishop of Carlisle, Abbot of Westminster, Lord, Herald, Officers,...

King Richard II: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 London. A street leading to the Tower. (Queen, Attendants, Richard, Guard, Northumberland) Enter the Queen...

King Richard II: Act V, Scene 2

Scene 2 The Duke of York’s palace. (Duke of York, Duchess of York, Aumerle, Servant, Man) Enter Duke of York and...

King Richard II: Act V, Scene 3

Scene 3 A royal palace. (King Henry, Percy, Lords, Aumerle, Duke of York, Duchess of York) Enter the King Henry with...

King Richard II: Act V, Scene 4

Scene 4 A royal palace. (Sir Pierce Exton, Exton’s Servants) Enter Sir Pierce Exton and his...

King Richard II: Act V, Scene 5

Scene 5 The dungeon of Pomfret Castle. (Richard, Groom of the Stable, Keeper, Exton, Servants) Enter Richard...

King Richard II: Act V, Scene 6

Scene 6 Windsor Castle. (King Henry, Duke of York, Lords, Attendants, Northumberland, Lord Fitzwater, Harry Percy, Bishop of Carlisle,...

Richard II at the Roundhouse an Emotional Rollercoaster

The Royal Shakespeare Company recently undertook the mammoth task of performing the cycle of Shakespeare’s history plays in Stratford upon Avon to great acclaim. This successful set of productions is now showing at...