书名：Richard II  理查二世
作者：William Shakespeare威廉·莎士比亚
出版社名称：Signet Classics
出版时间：1999
语种：英文
ISBN：9780451527196
商品尺寸：10.6 x1.8 x 17.3 cm
包装：简装
页数：336 （以实物为准）

理查二世（Richard II，1367年1月~1400年2月14日）是1377年至1399年在位的英格兰国王，黑太子爱德华之子。他继承祖父王位，但是实权被叔父兰开斯特公爵冈特的约翰把持，另一个叔父格洛斯特公爵托马斯也野心勃勃，企图摄政。理查成年后对他们进行报复。1397年，托马斯被捕后未及受审就暴死在狱中，公爵头衔被废除；还驱逐了冈特的约翰的长子、自己的堂弟博林布鲁克的亨利，并在1399年约翰去世后没收了兰开斯特家族的领地。1399年，亨利在国王远征爱尔兰时举兵拘捕了国王，并让国会同意将理查废黜，由亨利即位，即亨利四世。由此，金雀花王朝结束，兰开斯特王朝开始。
Richard II《理查二世》是英国剧作家威廉·莎士比亚创作的历史剧。该剧首版于1597年，主要取材于拉斐尔·霍林舍德的《英格兰纪事》。莎翁在选材上充分注意到博林布鲁克篡取理查二世的王位这一事实，并且在《亨利五世》、《亨利六世》上、中、下以及《理查三世》等一系列的历史剧中充分发挥和利用，成功地描写了约克和兰开斯特两家皇室的争斗与和解。
本书为Signet Classics推出的英文原版修订版，对莎士比亚生平作了介绍，同时提供序言、评论、注释等。内容完整无删减，书本小巧便携，适合英语学习者及对经典英国文学作品、莎士比亚系列作品感兴趣的读者。

2012年，英国BBC为迎接奥运而拍摄的系列迷你剧The Hollow Crown《空王冠》首集《理查二世》上映。电影改编自莎士比亚的同名历史剧，由鲁伯特·古尔德执导，帕特里克·斯图尔特、克蕾曼丝·波西参与演出，讲述了英王理查二世被杀害的故事。

Considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest history plays, The Tragedy of King Richard II concerns the ill-fated reign of a king whose eventual overthrow marks the beginning of Shakespeare’s history cycle, including Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV Part II; and Henry V.
This edition features an overview of Shakespeare’s works by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, as well as a comprehensive stage and screen history, dramatic criticism from the past and present, and sources from which Shakespeare derived this great work.

威廉·莎士比亚（1564-1616）是英国文艺复兴时期伟大的戏剧家和诗人，也是欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者，近代欧洲文学的奠基人之一。他共写有37部戏剧，154首14行诗，两首长诗和其他诗歌。代表作有四大悲剧：《哈姆雷特》《奥赛罗》《李尔王》《麦克白》。四大喜剧：《第十二夜》《仲夏夜之梦》《威尼斯商人》《皆大欢喜》。历史剧：《亨利四世》《亨利六世》《理查二世》等。
他是“英国戏剧之父”，本·琼斯称他为“时代的灵魂”，被称为“人类文学奥林匹斯山上的宙斯”。
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare’s vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Chapter 1
Act 1 Scene 1 running scene 1
Enter King Richard, John of Gaunt, with other Nobles and Attendants
KING RICHARD Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster,
Hast thou according to thy oath and band
Brought hither Henry Hereford thy bold son,
Here to make good the boist’rous late appeal,
Which then our leisure would not let us hear,
Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray?
GAUNT I have, my liege.
KING RICHARD Tell me, moreover, hast thou sounded him,
If he appeal the duke on ancient malice,
Or worthily, as a good subject should,
On some known ground of treachery in him?
GAUNT As near as I could sift him on that argument,
On some apparent danger seen in him
Aimed at your highness, no inveterate malice.
KING RICHARD Then call them to our presence. [Exit an Attendant]
Face to face,
And frowning brow to brow, ourselves will hear
Th’accuser and the accusèd freely speak;
High-stomached are they both, and full of ire,
In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire.
Enter Bullingbrook and Mowbray
BULLINGBROOK Many years of happy days befall
My gracious sovereign, my most loving liege!
MOWBRAY Each day still better other’s happiness
Until the heavens, envying earth’s good hap,
Add an immortal title to your crown!
KING RICHARD We thank you both. Yet one but flatters us,
As well appeareth by the cause you come,
Namely, to appeal each other of high treason.
Cousin of Hereford, what dost thou object
Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray?
BULLINGBROOK First, heaven be the record to my speech!