Ricardo II

RichardoII belongs to the series of English historical dramas written by Shakespeare. It narrates the events that took place as a result of Ricardo's usurpation of the throne in 1399 and the subsequent advent of the Lancaster dynasty. The drama revolves around the loss, preservation, and conquest of power, but, unlike previous historical plays, Shakespeare goes beyond the vicissitudes of the political game and investigates the king's human condition, the behavior of men. and in the reasons for their actions. Its stylized language, reflecting the ceremony and the pomp of the medieval court, leaving a gap to express the lament, coexists with the elegiac and personal tone so characteristic of this drama. Ángel-Luis Pujante, professor at the University of Murcia and renowned specialist in Shakespeare's work, is the author of this excellent translation, which offers a rigorous analysis of the historical basis of the drama and its unique literary characteristics. ambition for power