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Death of England is a trilogy of plays by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams which all premiered at the National Theatre, London with Michael in January 2020, followed by Delroy in October 2020 and Closing Time in October 2023.
The Life and Death of King Richard the Second, often shortened to Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1595. Based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399), it chronicles his downfall and the machinations of his nobles.
The play was adapted by Bertolt Brecht and Lion Feuchtwanger [34] in 1923 as The Life of Edward II of England (Leben Eduards des Zweiten von England). The Brecht version, while acknowledging Marlowe's play as its source, uses Brecht's own words, ideas and structure, and is regarded as a separate work.
In one of the three parts of the trilogy Death of England, running through September 28 and first performed at the National Theatre, Essiedu plays Delroy, a one-time boxer wearing an electronic ...
Liberty Hall (play) Life (play) The Life and Death of Jack Straw; The Life of Edward II of England; Life's Vagaries; Limehouse (play) The Lion in Winter; A Little Bit of Fluff (play) Living Room (play) London Assurance; Look Before You Leap; Lord and Lady Algy (play) Lord Arthur's Bed; Love in a Mist (play) Luke the Labourer
In the play and the 1955 film Richard III, Edward's brother Richard directly hastens Edward's death, by informing the already ailing king that one of his brothers, George, Duke of Clarence is dead (Edward had revoked the order for Clarence's execution, but Richard has had Clarence secretly murdered).
Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917), as King John in 'King John' by William Shakespeare, Charles A. Buchel (1900). The Life and Death of King John, often shortened to King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the father of Henry III.
Shakespeare's play summarises events around the year 1485, although the actual historical events of the play proceeded over a much longer period. In Cibber's version the years 1471–1485, during which Richard gained power and was able to rise to the throne of England, are presented to the audience in five acts.