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"Richard II, defying tradition and laws of succession, disinherits Bolingbroke and uses that money to finance a military adventure in Ireland. This play tells of a rebellion against the corrupt king."@en
"Shakespeare's drama based on the life of the English king, in which the hunchbacked Richard of Gloster battles his way to the throne by murdering those who stood in his way."
"Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play, originally produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films for television broadcast in 1978."
"Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play King Richard II."@en
"Richard II, defying tradition and laws of succession, disinherits Bolingbroke and uses that money to finance a military adventure in Ireland. --from cover."
"Shakespeare's play analyzing the corrupt monarchy of Richard II and the rebellion against it."
"Presents a producation of William Shakespeare's play, King Richard II designed especially for television."@en
"King Richard confiscates estates and mortages his realm in order to raise funds for an Irish campaign. Bolingbroke and other powerful nobles make this a pretext for invading England during the King's absence. Learning of the rebellion, King Richard returns but his forces are not strong enough to cope with Bolingbroke, who forces Richard to abdicate in his favour."@en
"Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choice of counsellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far..."
"Presents Shakespeare's play about an uprising to replace an unjust king with a just one."@en
"Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled Richard II."@en
"Dramatization of Shakespeare's King Richard II, the tale of the tragic king who was forced to abdicate by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, then murdered. Suggested audience: senior secondary, tertiary, general."
"Presents William Shakespeare's drama about Richard of Gloucester who usurps the English throne from King Edward IV."@en
"A dramatization of Shakespeare's play, the story of a rebellion against the corrupt Richard II."
"A dramatization of Shakespeare's play, the story of a rebellion against the corrupt Richard II."@en
"Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play. In the 14th century, kings and queens ruled by divine right. A rebellion against even the most corrupt monarch was viewed as an uprising against heaven itself. This play is the story of just such a momentous rebellion."
"Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play. In the 14th century, kings and queens ruled by divine right. A rebellion against even the most corrupt monarch was viewed as an uprising against heaven itself. This play is the story of just such a momentous rebellion."@en
"Cast includes Derek Jacobi, Sir John Gielgud, Charles Gray, Jon Finch and Dame Wendy Hiller."
"Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled King Richard II."@en
"Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled King Richard II."
"In the fourteenth century a rebellion against even the most corrupt monarch was viewed as an uprising against heaven itself. Richard II is the story of just such a momentous rebellion."@en
"Shakespeare's drama based on the life of the English king, in which Richard banishes Bolingbroke and Mowbray, but Bolingbroke eventually returns to kill him and become crowned Henry IV."@en