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The Lead-Up to Shakespeare’s Richard II
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The Lead-Up to Shakespeare’s Richard II

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In an excerpt from The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, historian Helen Castor travels back in time to the weeks just before Shakespeare’s play begins.

Shakespeare in prison: How Richard II and Macbeth speak to those in solitary confinement
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Shakespeare in prison: How Richard II and Macbeth speak to those in solitary confinement

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Blood hath been shed ere now, i’ th’ olden time, Ere humane statute purged the gentle weal; Ay, and since too, murders have been performed Too terrible for the ear. (Macbeth, 3.4.91) What would a roomful of convicted killers see…

King and Country: Shakespeare treasures from the Folger
Charles Kean Promptbook
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King and Country: Shakespeare treasures from the Folger

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A special exhibition of rare quartos, promptbooks, and other treasures from the Folger collection accompanies the Royal Shakespeare Company staging of King and Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York this month. Director Gregory…