SOURCE: Matheson, Lister M. “English Chronicle Contexts for Shakespeare's Death of Richard II.” In From Page to Performance: Essays in Early English Drama, edited by John A. Alford, pp. 195-219. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1995.
In this essay, Matheson explores the issue of Shakespeare's source materials, using the death scene in Richard II as an example.
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