The fall of Richard II...

[fajrdrako]

On Sept. 30:

1399 – Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, deposed Richard II to become Henry IV of England, merging the Duchy of Lancaster with the crown.

I was just reading about that in Jane Austen's history writing. I found that little book very endearing, owing a lot to Shakespeare and (by Austen's own insistence) not so much to history.

I also think of Stephen Russell playing Richard II at the Stratford Festival, and he was brilliant, in broken and subtle ways.