Richard II (Vol. 70) | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Axline, Kim. “‘Sad Stories of the Death of Kings’: The Revelation of Humanity in Richard II.On-Stage Studies 22 (1999): 108-21.

Examines the way in which Shakespeare, in Richard II, used historical fact and political rhetoric as a means of revealing serious human concerns and issues.

Barbour, David. “The Bard Off Broadway.” TCI 32, no. 5 (May 1998): 26-8.

Assesses some of the technical aspects of the Theatre for a New Audience's performance of Richard II and Richard III, finding that the set design allowed for each play to have its own strong identity, and that both the set design and lighting accorded with the production's vision of the play.

Berninghausen, Thomas F. “Banishing Cain: The Garden Metaphor in Richard II and the Genesis Myth of the Origin of History.” Essays in Literature XIV, no. 1 (spring 1987):...

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