Title page from The Life and Death of Richard the Second (facs. 1st Folio 1623)

Part of: Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (facs. 1st Folio 1623) The Life and Death of Richard the Second (facs. 1st Folio 1623)

Shakespeare’s Richard II is a puzzling play about a puzzling historical figure. Is Richard II a weak king who is shamefully deposed? Is he a noble king who chooses to abdicate to spare his people the horrors of war? This is a facsimile edition of the play from the First Folio edition of 1623.