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Propwatch: the crown and buckets in Richard II

AJBlogs Posted: December 18, 2018 11:58 am

Richard II gives up power – though it’s not his choice. Shakespeare stages this concretely – a crown passed from one to another. The supposed divinity of majesty proves portable as a party hat. Richard, as often, reaches for an arresting metaphor: here, two buckets on a well. — David Jays

AJBlogs Published: 12.19.18

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