RICHARD II

BANISHING HIS COUSIN, BOLINGBROKE, KING RICHARD II PREVENTS A DISPUTE FROM TURNING BLOODY. BUT RICHARD IS AN ARROGANT AND DESPOTIC RULER, PRONE TO TYRANNY AND VANITY, WHO LISTENS ONLY TO HIS FLATTERERS. AS FAVOUR TURNS AGAINST HIM AND BOLINGBROKE RETURNS TO RECLAIM HIS LAND, RICHARD IS HUMBLED AND GRIEVED TO SEE THAT THE THRONE GIVEN TO HIM BY GOD MIGHT BE TAKEN FROM HIM BY MEN.