Richard II

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1990 production of Richard II. Directed by Ron Daniels with Alex Jennings as Richard.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 19 Jan 1991
Duration: 195 mins

Director

Ron Daniels

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Orlando Gough

Production Design

Antony McDonald

Cast

Alex Jennings	King Richard II
Yolanda Vazquez	Queen Isabel
Alan MacNaughtan	John of Gaunt
Anton Lesser	Bolingbroke
Margaret Robertson	Duchess of Gloucester
Alec Linstead	Lord Ross
Alec Linstead	Gardener
Bernard Wright	Sir Stephen Scroope
Bill McGuirk	Lord Berkeley
Callum Dixon	Boy/Groom/Herald 2
David Waller	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Dominic Mafham	Lord Fitzwalter
Dominic Mafham	Bushy
George Anton	Harry Percy
Jamie Hinde	Gardener’s man
Jamie Hinde	Herald 1
John Bott	Bishop of Carlisle
John Hodgkinson	Captain of the Welsh army
John Hodgkinson	Man
Linus Roache	Duke of Aumerle
Lucy Slater	Lady-in-Waiting
Marjorie Yates	Duchess of York
Michael Bott	Duke of Surrey
Mike Dowling	Thomas Mowbray
Paul Jesson	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Penny Jones	Sister of Mercy
Richard Avery	Lord Willoughby
Richard Avery	Abbot of Westminster
Ross Harvey	Keeper of the prison at Pomfret
Rowena King	Lady-in-Waiting
Shura Greenberg	York’s serving man (Servant)
Vincent Regan	Green

General: The costuming seemed to belong to the 17th century, but with Jennings wearing modern pyjamas in the final scenes.
History: Press night 7 November 1990
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Smallwood, Robert. Shakespeare Quarterly 42 (1991), pp345-59 (review article).

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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