17. Richard II - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England

from Shakespeare Closely Read · host Mark Naftel

John of Gaunt dies after delivering the wonderful, patriotic "sceptered isle" speech.  King Richard seizes all of John's property for his Irish war, effectively disinheireting Henry Bolingbroke.  Henry immediately revolts.

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