Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 76 IS - 1 T2 - Shakespeare Quarterly SP - 56-63 ID - bbbo351 T1 - "Did Richard II Really Break the Mirror on Stage?: A Close-Reading of the Close-Reading Scene"  AU - Sae, Kitamura PY - 2025 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1093/sq/quaf010 LA - English AB - Argues that Richard II does not break a mirror onstage during the deposition scene, suggesting that modern productions should abandon this practice and could instead stage Richard weeping. Draws on evidence from early play publications, rejecting eighteenth-century editorial stage directors. ER -