King Richard II Summary
William Shakespeare

King Richard II Summary

It is generally believed that Shakespeare wrote during the mid-1590s Many scholars maintain that the play could not have been written before late 1594 or early 1595, Since It was not until this time that a poem thought to be one of Shakespeare's primary sources was listed in the Stationers' Register. (The Stationers' Company was an association of manufacturers and sellers of books. They kept a register of the tides of works to be...

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