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With performances by world famous Shakespearean actors, the Shakespeare Series has recaptured the Elizabethan flavor of Shakespeare's own Globe productions by staging them just as they were seen in the 16th century.

In Richard II, the tragedy focuses upon a self-centered, weak, king whose evil ways cause his own destruction. A history based partially on "The Chronicles" by English historian Raphael Holinshed, Richard II not only has enemies to fend off in Ireland but makes an enemy of Bolingbroke, his own cousin, by seizing his property. Bolingbroke, along with an army of discontented English noblemen, rebel and triumph over Richard. Richard surrenders his crown, is immediately imprisoned, and through a misunderstanding, murdered in prison. Featuring David Birney, Paul Shenar, John Devlin and William H Bassett. Grades 9-12. 172 minutes on DVD.