Synopsis
Poetry or prose readings, read this week by guest presenter Lord Laurence Olivier. The choices include John of Gaunt's deathbed speech from Shakespeare's Richard II.
Further Information
Similar plays, poems and sonnets
Drama on 3 | Richard II
William Shakespeare's study of deluded autocracy: when Richard II banishes Bolingbroke and confiscates his property, he begins a chain of events that bring about his own downfall.
An Age of Kings | 1: Richard II: The Hollow Crown
Part One of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). The first episode achieves a sustained and vigorous make-believe in an age of power, mystery and frailty of the Medieval crown.