Shakespeare's Richard II--Summary and Discussion

Is it okay to overthrow a ruler? We find out in one of my favorite history plays!

See below for links to other Shakespeare discussions:
Twelfth Night: January 2-8    • Shakespeare's Twelfth Night--Summary and C...  ​

Henry VI Part 1: January 10-16    • Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part One--Summary ...  ​

Henry VI Part 2: January 18-25    • Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part Two--Summary ...  ​

Henry VI Part 3: January 27-February 2    • Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part Three--Summar...  ​

Comedy of Errors: February 4-8    • Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors--Summary an...  ​

Taming of the Shrew: February 10-15    • Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew--Discuss...  ​

Titus Andronicus: February 17-22    • Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus--Discussion...  ​

Romeo and Juliet: February 24-March 2    • Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Acts I-II, D...  ​
   • Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Acts III-V, ...  ​

Richard III: March 4-12

Julius Caesar: March 14-19    • Shakespeare's Julius Caesar--Discussion an...  ​

Two Gentlemen of Verona: March 21-25    • Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona--Dis...  ​

King John: March 27-April 1    • Shakespeare's King John--Discussion and Su...  ​

Richard II: April 3-9    • Shakespeare's Richard II--Summary and Disc...  ​

Venus and Adonis: April 13-17    • Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" -- Summar...  ​

Hamlet: April 19-28    • Shakespeare's Hamlet: Summary and Discussion  ​

The Rape of Lucrece: April 30-May 4    • Shakespeare's "Lucrece"--Summary and Discu...  ​

Sonnets 1-80: May 6-8    • Shakespeare's Sonnets  ​

Bonus Episode! Sir Thomas More:    • Shakespeare's Sir Thomas More--Discussion ...  ​

Othello: May 11-18    • Shakespeare's Othello--Act I Discussion an...  ​

Sonnets 81-154: May 20-22    • Shakespeare's Sonnets  ​

Love’s Labour’s Lost: May 26-June 2    • Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost--Discus...  ​

Pericles: June 4-9    • Shakespeare's Pericles--Discussion and Sum...  ​

Cymbeline: June 11-18    • Shakespeare's Cymbeline: Summary and Discu...  ​

King Lear: June 22-30    • Shakespeare's King Lear--Discussion and Su...  ​

A Lover’s Complaint: July 2    • Shakespeare's "A Lover's Complaint"--Discu...  ​

The Passionate Pilgrim: July 3    • Shakespeare's The Passionate Pilgrim  ​

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: July 6-10    • Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream--D...  ​

The Merchant of Venice: July 12-16    • Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice--Discussi...  ​

Bonus Episode! Love's Labour's Won:    • Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Won: A Lost ...  ​

Much Ado About Nothing: July 20-26    • Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing--Disc...  ​

As You Like It: July 28-August 3    • Shakespeare's As You Like It--Discussion a...  ​

Macbeth: August 5-10    • Shakespeare's MacBeth--Discussion and Summary  ​

Troilus and Cressida: August 12-20    • Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida--Discus...  ​

Antony and Cleopatra: August 22-29    • Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra--Discus...  

Coriolanus: August 31-September 10

All’s Well That Ends Well: September 12-19

Measure for Measure: September 21-27    • Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Acts I-...  

Henry IV Part 1: September 29-October 5

The Merry Wives of Windsor: October 7-13

Henry IV Part 2: October 15-22

Henry V: October 24-31

Henry VIII: November 2-9

Edward III: November 11-17

Timon of Athens: November 19-24

The Winter’s Tale: December 1-7    • Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Acts I-II...  
   • Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Acts IV-V...  

The Tempest: December 9-14    • Shakespeare's The Tempest: Plot and Conflict  ​

The Two Noble Kinsmen: December 16-23

The Phoenix and Turtle: December 27    • Shakespeare's "The Phoenix and the Turtle"...