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Leben und Tod Königs Richard des zweyten
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  • Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen
    3/5
    Like all real literature this is about death. While Dick is not necessarily the greatest king around he is at least smart enough to realize that the collapse of his reign is a chain of events that can only inevitably lead to his murder, as the continued existence of a "rightful heir" is a loose end no usurper can afford to leave lying around. So the play is mostly about him alternating trying to grapple with this fact with constructing daydreams of some "possible escape" (there is no escape). A solid tragedy but does not reach the same heights Shakespeare managed with more sympathetic characters than this guy who is portrayed as moostly the cause of his own problems.
  • Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen
    5/5
    Thick as a brick, the Arden edition of "Richard II" is a sight to behold. It's my first Arden history, and I'm looking forward to more. A play entirely in prose needs a lot of textual analysis, but what makes this particularly wonderful is the depth of the notes on the historical context. To an audience watching this in 1600, the references were as familiar to us as an episode of "The Daily Show", replete with all of the tiny little nuances that we just cannot grasp.

    Forker's notes give us detailed quotes from Shakespeare's sources, and spend a lot of time examining the relationship of the text to history. Being of an older generation, many of his thoughts on individual words and grammar are particularly enlightening, although one could argue that readers uninitiated in the particularities of grammar (vocatives, absolutes, etc.) may need to consult a guidebook as they go. Forker commendably sometimes offers alternatives to phrases even when the obvious reading seems likely (or, at least, easy), but he has a frustrating grandfatherly habit of dismissing modern theatrical approaches to the plays when they aren't historically accurate. While I can appreciate his points sometimes, it seems churlish to expect directors of these plays - made, after all, for a populist audience - to prioritise historical veracity even when it would confuse audiences or obfuscate an already challenging text. But anyhow, I digress. That's a minor quibble for what is another sterling edition in this most wonderful of book series.

    As with all Ardens, this is for scholars and readers rather than families and actors. Genius work though. We live in an often-terrible world, and yet we near the completion of such an astonishing scholarly project as this. There is hope for us yet.
  • Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen
    5/5
    I love this one. Not sure if this is my second or third reading -- GR says I read it last in Nov. 2014, but I feel like I read it last more recently -- but, again, this is a five star play for me. This time I started with Marjorie Garber's chapter on Richard, from her marvelous Shakespeare After All. Her analysis didn't provide any startling insights, but it added to my appreciation of the way Shakespeare's artistry works in this play. Anyway, I just find Richard fascinating. Sure, he's a dreadful king and a lousy nephew, but he's a wonderful character. So invested in his own performance as flamboyant monarch that when the "script" of events seems to suggest that a tragic fall is imminent, he seizes the role of doomed lord (or, as he often suggests, "Lord") and plays it to the hilt. He reminds me of Hamlet, though not so complex -- self-dramatizing even to the point of his own destruction, self-pitying, and introspective, and he is such a great contrast with Henry. Poet vs. pragmatist. And their uncle, the Duke of York, switching his loyalties from Richard to Henry as it seems expedient, throwing his son over in a red hot minute, acting the "sage counselor" but always putting his own interests first, is marvelous fun! This is one of my favorite plays.The Arden edition of this has excellent notes, and the performances of the actors in the Archangel audio recording are marvelous. I can't recommend Marjorie Garber's Shakespeare After All highly enough, and also, because, of course, plays are meant for watching, the "King Richard II" in the BBC's "The Hollow Crown" and The Royal Shakespeare Company's "King Richard II" with David Tennant, are well worth seeing.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    After Bullingbrooke, Duke of Hereford and cousin to King Richard, publicly accuses Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, of treason, the two Dukes decide to settle their quarrel with a duel. But Richard steps in and banishes them instead, giving his cousin a much shorter sentence, which some would think was done out of love. The truth is that Richard doesn't love Bullingbrooke, and may even be jealous that his cousin is so favored by the people. He just might be plotting to ensure that his cousin never returns to England. When news comes that Bullingbrooke has returned to fight Richard it divides the aristocracy, including the King's own family.This is one of the histories, and it's a mix of accuracy and fiction. There's very little action but constant threats of fighting and the stakes are high: first banishment, then deaths, then a fight for the throne. I don't know about you but I found it enthralling.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    I am reading Shakespeare's plays in chronological order.A cruel and childish king robs his nobles to engage in foreign wars. They rebel and depose him easily. He whines about it until he is assassinated. This doesn't sound promising, but it has Shakespeare's most moving poetry yet, and his first serious and largely successful attempt at creating a character with psychological depth. I found it a treat to read, and, like several of the plays I've read, I look forward to reading it again
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    Tough one to rate: without knowing the historical background completely, most things that happen are a little opaque - which makes this particular edition a god-send. Richard's speeches, particularly in the second half, are brilliant.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    Much better than I expected. I usually dislike Shakespeare's historical plays. This was not dull or silly, but beautiful.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    Richard spends so much of this play depressed that you'd think he was in The Bell Jar. This play had three stars until "Go thou and fill another room in hell" made me change my pants.
  • Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen
    2/5
    The tragedy of this is that Shakespeare devoted a whole play to this milquetoast whiner. It would have been more effective, to me, had his story been included as a small part of the Henry IV plays. Neither a great hero or a great anti-hero, I just found the guy to be annoying as hell.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    I really enjoyed Shakespeare's "Richard II." The play has a great plot that is paced well and the language is really accessible in this one. Richard II has quite a few great monologues that made this one a fun read.The play follows the final years of Richard II's reign before he was deposed and eventually killed. Richard makes a series of mistakes, that seem somewhat minor in nature, but together lead to his eventual downfall.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    Of most interest as a hint of what is to come in King Henry IV Parts I and II, although still an interest in its own terms, especially for characters like the Duke of York. Richard II begins with the King arbitrating a quarrel by two younger courtiers and ends with one of those younger courtiers, Henry IV, usurping as King. One flaw, at least to my eyes, it jumps from Henry IV returning to claim his lands, and pledging loyalty to King Richard II, to him usurping the throne without ever explaining if his initial attitude was disingenuous, if something changed, or what happened to bring about this transformation.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    The first of the Henriad plays, 'The Tragedy of Richard II' covers Richard II's "Jesus Year": The eponymous king was only 32- and 33-years old as the tragedy of his life played out, setting the stage for The War of the Roses. During his 22-year reign, he was spoiled, and he abused the royal prerogative, so his fate should be no surprise; but The Bard paints a portrait of a man who found his humanity before paying the ultimate price.
  • Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen
    3/5
    This is the first proper History I've read, and I'm not really sure I get it. There's probably a lot I'm missing by not having the cultural knowledge Shakespeare's audience had. The fourth act is really great, though - enough so that I like the play.
  • Bewertung: 1 von 5 Sternen
    1/5
    I'm not big into the history plays.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    Richard II is the first play in the Henriad (second tetralogy). It is followed by the three plays, Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V. Shakespeare’s histories have always been his most intimidating works for me. Richard III and Henry V are obviously incredible, but some of the others, like this one, ramble on with so many different names that it can be hard to follow. I decided it was time to just dive in and start at the chronological beginning. The Wars of the Roses play out in eight different works beginning with Richard II; then Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI Part 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III. This play introduces many of the major players that have a role throughout the rest of those plays. It's about the fall of a king, the shifting of power, unhappy subjects and the plotting that leads to the king’s downfall. There's a beautiful scene between Richard II and his wife in act five. She’s watching he husband lose his power and is heartbroken for him…“But soft, but see, or rather do not see, My fair rose wither: yet look up, behold, That you in pity may dissolve to dew, And wash him fresh again with true-love tears.” I recently saw a film version of this one and it was fantastic. It was such a wonderful portrayal and those individuals will stick in my mind as those characters. Also I saw it at the Old Vic in London and Kevin Spacey played Richard II a few years ago. It was a wonderful performance. I’ve found that Shakespeare works so much better for me in book form if I’ve had a chance to see it performed live first. BOTTOM LINE: A beautiful portrait of the tenuous nature of power and the bittersweet nature of victory. It can be hard to follow because of the sheer number of characters and shifting alliances. If possible I'd recommend seeing a play or movie version before reading it because it's easier to follow the text when you can put a face with the name.“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me;For now hath time made me his numb'ring clock;My thoughts are minutes, and with sighs they jarTheir watches on unto mine eyes, the outward watch,Whereto my finger, like a dial's point,Is pointing still, in cleansing them from tears.”
  • Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen
    3/5
    I'm still not a fan of reading plays, and yet as I started to read Richard II, I thought I might maybe revisit plays like Macbeth and Hamlet and read them properly, now I can appreciate them a bit more... so I suppose there's still hope for me yet. I still maintain that plays are understood and appreciated best when performed.

    Richard II was, for me, definitely not as compelling as Richard III. The language is still astounding, and I enjoyed reading about the political situation and then applying it while I read the play -- it's interesting in that sense -- but neither Richard II nor Bolingbroke are as compelling as Richard III with his confident villainy.
  • Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen
    5/5
    Richard II is one of my favorite histories, partly because the actual events surrounding Richard's fall offer plenty of drama, and partly because of its sheer beauty. Richard is eloquent to a fault - literally; he'd rather give flowery speeches than actually do anything. But what speeches! You almost forget what a moron he is.

    But it's the gardener's soliloquy in III.iv that's actually the prettiest, an extended rant about why he should bother weeding the garden when Richard has let pests overrun England.

    It's surprising to me that Richard II doesn't get more attention these days. I understand how Richard III's hilarious villainy and Henry V's blustering violence overshadow it, but this is a rewarding play.
  • Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen
    5/5
    Of most interest as a hint of what is to come in King Henry IV Parts I and II, although still an interest in its own terms, especially for characters like the Duke of York. Richard II begins with the King arbitrating a quarrel by two younger courtiers and ends with one of those younger courtiers, Henry IV, usurping as King. One flaw, at least to my eyes, it jumps from Henry IV returning to claim his lands, and pledging loyalty to King Richard II, to him usurping the throne without ever explaining if his initial attitude was disingenuous, if something changed, or what happened to bring about this transformation.
  • Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen
    3/5
    I don’t have much to say about this play, mostly because I did not really care for it. Of the dozen or so Shakespeare plays that I’ve actually sat down and read (as opposed to those I’ve seen in performance), this and Twelfth Night are the only two in which I’ve had a difficult time connecting to the characters. In the case of Richard, I’m sure it didn't help that I was coming to it straight off the comedies. While Richard II is one of the English history plays, it is certainly in the tragic mode. Moreover, it is entirely in verse, places great stress on political ceremony, and is virtually devoid of humor. The result is rather solemn and detached. Richard’s wife was a wonderfully pitiable character, and he himself gained in tragic stature during the final acts, but by then it was almost too late for me to care.As an antidote to my indifference, I tried watching the 1978 BBC adaptation starring Sir Derek Jacobi, but I had an even harder time getting into that—and I usually love Jacobi. I suppose this play just isn’t for me, at least not at this stage in my life.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    When I was in high school, I always thought Shakespeare was over-hyped. I read and reread, without understanding WHY someone could be so popular for so long; how could he have changed the world with simple, short plays? But in college, I had a professor who opened my eyes to how truly amazing Shakespeare was as an artist. He basically invented a metaphorical language that captured irony, pun, tragedy, and comedy in almost-flawless storytelling. Richard II, though not my favorite of his plays, is still amazing in the way it captures both political and social fears of the time. I suggest that anyone who is reading Shakespeare for the first time should look up as much history as they can. It is amazing the things you will learn about figurative language and the political force of Shakespeare's plays. Genius.
  • Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen
    4/5
    As usual, Shakespeare plays fast and loose with historical detail, relying on several sources for his play. Superficially, the play is about the struggle between Richard II and Henry Bolingbroke. Ultimately, though, I found this a complex and involving character study of a young, inexperienced king, that foreshadows elements of Henry V and many other of his plays.
  • Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen
    3/5
    This is one of Shakespeare's lesser known tragedies but it also became the first in the series that led to Henry V, et al. It is the tale of a king whose kingdom falls apart and who is eventually dethroned, imprisoned, and killed. It had political significance in its time, such that Elizabeth II compared herself to King Richard. For me, it was not an overwhelming work compared to his other plays.

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Leben und Tod Königs Richard des zweyten.

William Shakespeare

Ein Trauerspiel.

Übersetzt von Christoph Martin Wieland

Personen.

König Richard der Zweyte.

Herzog von York.

Johann von Gaunt, Herzog von Lancaster.

Bolingbroke, Sohn des Johann von Gaunt, und nachmals König

Heinrich der Vierte.

Aumerle, Sohn des Herzogs von York.

Mowbray, Herzog von Norfolk.

Graf von Salisbury.

Lord Berkley.

Buschy, Bagot und Green, Diener des Königs Richard.

Graf von Northumberland, Lord Percy, dessen Sohn, Roß und

Willougby, Bolingbroks Freunde.

Bischoff von Carlisle und Sir Stephan Scroop, Freunde des Königs

Richard.

Fizwater, Surry, Abbt von Westminster und Sir Pierce von Exton,

Herren vom Parlament.

Die Königin, König Richards Gemalin.

Die Herzogin von Glocester.

Die Herzogin von York.

Hofdamen der Königin.

Herolde, zween Gärtner, ein Kammerdiener, ein Hüter, ein Bote, und

andre stumme Personen.

Der Schauplaz ist in verschiednen Theilen von England.

Erster Aufzug.

Erste Scene.

(Der Hof.)

(König Richard, Johann von Gaunt, Lords und Gefolge treten auf.)

König Richard. Johann von Gaunt, Herzog von Lancaster, ehrenvoller Greis; hast du, deinem Eid und deiner Pflicht gemäß, Heinrichen von Herford, deinen kühnen Sohn anhergebracht, um jene Anklage zu behaupten, die er unlängst gegen Thomas Mowbray, Herzog von Norfolk angebracht, und die wir damals anzuhören keine Musse hatten?

Gaunt.

Ich habe ihn hieher gebracht, Gnädigster Herr.

König Richard. So sage mir dann ferner: Hast du nicht von ihm erforscht, ob es nur ein alter eingewurzelter Groll gegen seine Person ist, was ihn zu dieser Klage angetrieben; oder die pflichtmäßige Treue eines guten Unterthanen, um einen geheimen Verräther in Mowbray zu entlarven?

Gaunt. So viel als ich von ihm über diese Sache herausbringen konnte, so ist es kein Privat-Groll, sondern die vermeynte Entdekung einer über Eurer Hoheit schwebenden Gefahr.

König Richard. So ruffe man sie dann vor unsre Gegenwart; wirs selbst wollen, Stirne gegen Stirne, den Kläger und den Beklagten reden hören: Sie sind beyde von sehr feuriger Gemüths-Art, beyde voll Grimms; in ihrer Wuth beyde taub wie die See, und rasch wie Feuer.

Zweyte Scene.

(Bolingbroke und Mowbray zu den Vorigen.)

Bolingbroke. Möge eine lange Reyhe von Jahren, voll glüklicher Tage, meinem gnädigsten und geliebtesten Oberherrn bestimmt seyn!

Mowbray.

Und jeder Tag die Glükseligkeit des vorigen vermehren, bis der

Himmel, der Erde soviel Glük mißgönnend, das Vorrecht der

Unsterblichkeit zu eurer Crone hinzuthut.

König Richard. Wir danken euch beyden; obgleich die Sache selbst, weßwegen ihr vor uns erschienen seyd, ein Beweis ist, daß uns einer von beyden schmeichelt. Vetter von Hereford, sage, was für Vorwürfe gegen den Herzog von Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray, hast du anzubringen?

Bolingbroke. So wisset dann vor allen Dingen, Gnädigster König, und der Herr sey meiner Reden Zeuge! daß ich aus Antrieb der pflichtmäßigen Liebe eines getreuen Unterthanen, aus zärtlicher Sorge für die Erhaltung meines Fürsten, frey von Groll, Rachgier oder andrer unächter Absicht, als Ankläger hieher in seine königliche Gegenwart gekommen bin. Nun, Thomas Mowbray, wend' ich mich zu dir, und horche wol auf meinen Gruß; denn was ich reden werde, wird entweder dieser Arm auf Erden erproben, oder meine unsterbliche Seele im Himmel verantworten. So sag' ich dann: Du bist ein Verräther und Rebell, zu gut, ein solcher zu seyn, und zu schlimm, beym Leben zu bleiben; denn je schöner und crystallner der Himmel ist, desto häßlicher sehen die Wolken aus, die ihn befleken. Noch einmal, das Gewicht meiner Anklage zu verdoppeln, stopf ich dir mit dem schändlichen Namen eines Verräthers den Rachen, und wünsche, daß mir von meinem Gnädigsten Oberherrn erlaubt werde, an eben diesem Plaz und in diesem Augenblik, was meine Zunge gesprochen hat, durch mein recht- gezognes Schwerdt zu beweisen.

Mowbray. Laßt nicht hier die Kälte meiner Worte meinen Eifer verdächtig machen; diese unsre Sache kan nicht mit den Waffen eines Weiberkriegs, dem bittern Geschrey zwoer scharfen Zungen, unter uns entschieden werden. Das Blut ist heiß, das für diß erkalten muß. Jedoch kan ich mich keiner so zahmen Geduld rühmen, mich stossen zu lassen, und gar nichts dazu zu sagen; und würde mich nicht die Ehrfurcht vor Eu. Hoheit zurük halten, meiner freyen Rede Zügel und Sporren zu geben, sie sollte schnell genug seyn, diese Beschuldigungen von Verrätherey zweyfach in seinen Rachen zurük zu stossen. Sezet aber das hohe Vorrecht seines königlichen Geblüts bey Seite, und laßt ihn nicht den Vetter meines Königs seyn, so biet ich ihm troz, und verschmähe ihn, nenne ihn eine verläumderische Memme, und einen nichtswürdigen Schurken, und bin bereit, ihm zu beweisen daß er's ist, an welchem Ort er will mit ihm zusammen zu kommen, und wenn ich gleich mit naktem Fuß auf die befrornen Gipfel der Alpen rennen müßte, oder in welche andre unbewohnbare Gegend es seyn mag, wohin nie kein Engländer es wagte seinen Fuß zu sezen. Indeß laßt diß meine Treue rechtfertigen: Bey allen meinen Hoffnungen, er hat die lügenhafteste Unwahrheit gesagt.

Bolingbroke. Blasser, zitternder Verräther, hier zieh ich meinen Handschuh, lege die Vorrechte meines königlichen Geblüts bey Seite, und begebe mich des Vortheils, der Blutsverwandte eines Königs zu seyn, (worauf du aus Zagheit, nicht aus Ehrfurcht dich beruffen hast.) Wenn das bebende Bewußtseyn deiner Schuld dir noch so viel Stärke übrig gelassen hat, dieses Pfand meines Ehrenworts anzunehmen, so büke dich. Bey diesem, und bey allen andern Gesezen der Ritterschaft mach' ich mich anheischig, das was ich gesprochen habe, Arm gegen Arm, dir zu beweisen.

Mowbray. Ich heb' ihn auf, und bey diesem Schwerdt schwör' ich, dessen sanfter Schlag die Ritterschaft auf meine Schulter legte; daß ich dir mit Speer und Schwerdt, nach ritterlichem Brauch und Sitte antworten will, und wenn ich mein Pferd besteige, möge ich nicht gesund wieder absteigen, wofern ich ein Verräther bin, oder für eine ungerechte Sache kämpfe!

König Richard. Was ist es dann, was unser Vetter den Mowbray bezüchtiget? Es muß etwas Grosses seyn, was uns vermögen kan, dem blossen Gedanken einer bösen Gesinnung von seiner Seite Plaz zu geben.

Bolingbroke. Höret was ich sage, mein Leben soll beweisen, daß es Wahrheit ist; dieser Mowbray, sage ich, hat achttausend Nobels* aufgenommen, unter dem Vorwand Eu. Hoheit Kriegs-Völker damit zu unterhalten, solche aber wie ein Verräther und schelmischer Bube zurük behalten, und für sich selbst zu lüderlichem Gebrauch angewandt. Überdas sag' ich, und will es durch einen Zweykampf beweisen, entweder hier, oder anderswo, sey es bis auf dem äussersten Stük Landes, das jemals ein Engländisches Aug' übersehen hat, daß alle Verräthereyen,

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