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The Life and Death of
Scene | Location | Historical Date | |
I. i. | Windsor Castle | 28 April, 1398 | |
I. ii. | London | A few days before I. iii. | |
I. iii. | Coventry | 11 or 17 September, 1398 | |
I. iv. | Windsor Castle | 12 or 13 October, 1398 (departure of Bolingbroke)
3 February, 1399 (death of John of Gaunt. Ll. 53–63 show that II. i. ensues immediately upon I. iv.) | |
II. i. | London | 3 February, 1399 18 March, 1399 | |
(The cancellation of Bolingbroke's letters-patent was published 18 March, and Richard did not sail for Ireland until 29 May; moreover, Bolingbroke was not invited to return until after Richard's departure) | |||
II. ii. | London | After 4 July and before 22 July, 1399 | |
but a. Worcester's defection, ll. 59–60, took place after Richard's return; b. the Duchess of Gloucester died 3 October, 1399) | |||
II. iii. | Wilds of Gloucestershire |
27 July, 1399 | |
II. iv. | North Wales | Before 1 August, 1399 | |
III. i. | Bristol | 29 July, 1399 | |
III. ii. | Coast of Wales | 22 or 26 July, 1399 (but the king's meeting with Salisbury occurred 1 August, 1399) | |
III. iii. | Flint Castle, in North Wales |
19 August, 1399 (but the embassage of Northumberland had come to Richard at Conway several days before) | |
III. iv. | Langley in Hertfordshire |
After 1 September, the day on which Richard was taken into London |