{"product_id":"9781840227208","title":"Richard II","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shakespeare, William \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eShakespeare plays\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 June 2013 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 128 x 8 | 102g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy, or a historical play, or a political drama, or as one part of a vast dramatic cycle which helped to generate England's national identity. Today, to some of us, Richard II may appear conservative; but, in Shakespeare's day, it could appear subversive: 'I am Richard II', declared an indignant Queen Elizabeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumerous recent revivals in the theatre and on screen have demonstrated the enduring power and poignancy of this drama of the downfall of an egoistic but pitiable monarch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard II is the seventeenth volume in the Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series, in which each volume has been freshly edited by Cedric Watts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45779654607088,"sku":"9781840227208","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781840227208_c7c1007d-deab-4250-aee4-73861bbe408e.jpg?v=1713555671","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781840227208","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}