Richard II

Synopsis: Video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2000 production of Richard II directed by Gerald Freeman with Wallace Acton in the title role. Recorded for WAPAVA by James J. Taylor.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 23 Dec 2000

Director

Gerald Freedman

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Robert Waldman

Production Design

John Ezell

Costume

Lawrence Casey

Contributor

James J. Taylor

Cast

Wallace Acton	King Richard II
Jessica Lancaster	Queen Isabel
Ted Van Griethuysen	John of Gaunt
Andrew Long	Bolingbroke
Jewel Robinson	Duchess of Gloucester
Andre Marrero	Duke of Surrey
Andre Marrero	Lord Willoughby
Bill Hamlin	Abbot of Westminster
Bill Hamlin	Lord Marshal
Cameron McElyea	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
David Sabin	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Emery Battis	Bishop of Carlisle
Eric Martin Brown	Green
Gregory Wooddell	Duke of Aumerle
Jeffries Thaiss	Bushy
John Lescault	Lord Ross
John Lescault	Lord Fitzwalter
Marty Lodge	Sir Stephen Scroope
Patrick Hallahan	Bagot
Ralph Cosham	Harry Percy
Tana Hicken	Duchess of York
Ted Feldman	Captain of the Welsh army
William Hulings	Earl of Salisbury
William Hulings	Thomas Mowbray
William Hulings	Sir Piers Exton

Notes: Lipstein, Freddi. Shakespeare Bulletin 19, no. 3 (2001), pp. 17-18.
General: The production was set in 1930s England at the time of the abdication of Edward VIII. For the director’s comments on this decision visit ‘Searching for Richard/Looking at Edward’ http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/plays/articles.aspx?&id=419 (accessed 11/2007),
History: The production ran 7 November-31 December 2000.

British Universities Film & Video Council