Richard II

Synopsis: Live sound recording of John Barton’s production of Richard II for the RSC with Ian Richardson as Richard and Richard Pasco as Bolingbroke.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 1974

Theatre: Aldwych Theatre, London
Theatre company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Production type: Other
Plays: Richard II
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Alternating roles
Related items: Richard and Bolingbroke: The John Coffin Memorial Literary Readings 1975; Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

General: Ian Richardson and Richard Pasco alternated the roles of King Richard and Bolingbroke. The British Library Sound Archive also made a recording on 23 October 1974 with Ian Richardson as Bolingbroke and it is an extract from this recording which appears on ESSENTIAL SHAKESPEARE LIVE (catalogued separately).

Ian Richardson	King Richard II
Janet Chappell	Queen Isabel
Clement McCallin	John of Gaunt
Richard Pasco	Bolingbroke
Janet Whiteside	Duchess of Gloucester
Albert Welling	Messenger to York
Denis Holmes	Thomas Mowbray
Denis Holmes	1st gardener (Gardener)
Hilda Braid	Duchess of York
John Boswall	Bishop of Carlisle
Jonathan Kent	Duke of Aumerle
Julian Barnes (2)	Harry Percy
Leon Tanner	Abbot of Westminster
Malcolm Armstrong	Third gardener (Gardener)
Michael Ensign	Bushy
Philip Dunbar	Lord Ross
Ray Armstrong	Green
Richard Mayes	Lord Marshal
Robert Ashby	Sir Piers Exton
Sebastian Shaw	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Wilfred Grove	Second gardener (Gardener)