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Summary

Play description  
ACT 1  
Scene 1. At Windsor Castle, King Richard listens as his cousin Henry Bolingbroke accuses Thomas  
Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, of embezzling royal funds and of plotting the recent death of the Duke of  
Gloucester. Mowbray insists that he is innocent. The King commands them to make peace but they  
refuse to be reconciled and he orders a trial by combat.  
Scene 2. The Duchess of Gloucester begs her brother-in-law, John of Gaunt, to revenge her husband’s  
death. Gaunt says he cannot because Gloucester was killed on the King’s orders.  
Scene 3. At Coventry, Bolingbroke and Mowbray prepare to settle their dispute. Richard, however,  
stops the proceedings and banishes them both: Bolingbroke for six years and Mowbray for life. Gaunt  
bids his son a sad farewell.  
Scene 4. Richard notes the people’s affection for Bolingbroke. The King is planning to leave for  
Ireland to quash a rebellion, when he is called to the bedside of the dying John of Gaunt. 

Duration: about 3 hours (02:52:45)
Publishing date: 2020-03-09; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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