King Richard II

Synopsis

A version of the play performed on a bare stage. David Birney is Richard.

Series

Shakespearean Drama

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1981

Duration

172 mins

Credits

Director

William Woodman

Producer

Jack Manning; Jack Nakano

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

David Birney	King Richard II
Mary-Joan Negro	Queen Isabel
John McLiam	John of Gaunt
Paul Shenar	Bolingbroke
Alvah Stanley	Sir Piers Exton
Charles Berendt	Gardener
Dan Mason	Sir Stephen Scroope
DeVeren Bookwalter	Duke of Aumerle
Drew Synder	Groom of King Richard’s stable
Jay Robinson	Gardener
Jay T. Loudenback	Bushy
Jeff Pomerantz	Thomas Mowbray
John Devlin	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Kate Fitzmaurice	Lady attending the Queen
Lanny Broyles	Keeper of the prison at Pomfret
Logan Ramsey	Bishop of Carlisle
Matt Conley	Lord Willoughby
Michael Cumming	Bagot
Nan Martin	Duchess of York
Nicholas Hammond	Harry Percy
Peter Maclean	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
William Gamble	Green
William H Bassett
William H Bassett	Duke of Surrey

Additional Details

Theatre

Globe Playhouse, Los Angeles

Production type

Other

Historical period

Elizabethan

Plays

Richard II

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Released on DVD 2002, extras include synopsis, biography, quotations, geneaology, scene selection.

Reviews

Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990), p. 494.

Forker, Charles R., Richard II on Screen’ in Shakespeare Survey 61: Shakespeare, Sound and Screen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). p. 63-68.

Production Company

Name

Bard Productions Ltd

Name

Century Home Video

Sponsor

Name

Shakespeare Society of America

Address

USA

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Quantum Leap

Notes

Ceased trading in 2018.

Name

Retail outlets