Richard II

Synopsis: A National Theatre production staged at the Cottesloe Theatre in 1995 and recorded with a single fixed camera. Fiona Shaw plays King Richard II; Deborah Warner directs.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2016
Recording date: 18 Nov 1995
Duration: 225 mins

Director

Deborah Warner

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Arturo Annecchino

Animator

Hildegard Bechtler

Cast

Fiona Shaw	King Richard II
Brana Bajic	Queen Isabel
Graham Crowden	John of Gaunt
David Threlfall	Bolingbroke
Paola Dionisotti	Duchess of Gloucester
Danny Sapani	Captain of the Welsh army
Danny Sapani	Bagot
David Lyon	Earl of Salisbury
David Lyon	Thomas Mowbray
Henry Ian Cusick	Exton’s man
Henry Ian Cusick	Gardener’s man (1)
Jem Wall	Gardener’s man (2)
John McEnery	Gardener
John McEnery	Keeper of the prison at Pomfret
John McEnery	Lord Willoughby
John Rogan	Lord Marshal
John Rogan	Bishop of Carlisle
Jonathan Singer	Harry Percy
Jonathan Singer	Herald
Jude Akuwudike	Lord Fitzwalter
Jude Akuwudike	Sir Stephen Scroope
Julian Rhind-Tutt	Duke of Aumerle
Michael Bryant	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Nicholas Gecks	Duke of Surrey
Nicholas Gecks	Bushy
Paola Dionisotti	First lady
Paola Dionisotti	Duchess of York
Richard Bremmer	Sir Piers Exton
Richard Bremmer	Abbot of Westminster
Rodger Straun	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland

History: Recorded for the National Theatre Archive from the matinee performance. The play was filmed for television (with some cast changes) and transmitted on BBC2 (22 March 1997) in the Performance series and this off-air recording can be viewed at the BFI National Archive, London or accessed through the BUFVC’s off-air recording back-up scheme. The televised version is catalogued separately.
Reviews: The BBC transmission reviewed by Bernard Adams Times Educational Supplement (28 March 1997).

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