![]() ![]() The tournament scene is very formal with a long, ceremonial introduction, but as the combatants are about to fight, Richard interrupts and sentences both to banishment from England. ![]() Richard II Resigning the Crown to Bolingbroke, John Gilbert (1875-76) Attendants, lords, soldiers, messengers, etc.Lord Marshal (post held in 1399 by Duke of Surrey, though this is not recognised in the play).Earl of Witshire - an off-stage character referred to as "Earl of Wiltshire.".Henry 'Hotspur' Percy – Northumberland's son.Henry Bolingbroke – Duke of Hereford, son of John of Gaunt, later Henry IV.Duchess of Gloucester – widow of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the king.Duchess of York – York's wife (an unnamed composite of York's first wife, Isabella of Castile, and his second, Joan Holland).Queen – Richard's wife (an unnamed composite of his first wife, Anne of Bohemia, and his second, Isabella of Valois, who was still a child at the time of his death).John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster – Richard's uncle. ![]()
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