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Richard II

75 %|Dec 10, 1978|Drama, History

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...

Featured Crew

William Shakespeare
Author
David Giles
Director
Alan Shallcross
Script Editor
Terry Wright
Fight Choreographer
Terence Banks
Production Assistant
Fraser Lowden
Unit Manager
Cedric Messina
Producer
Colin Dixon
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Derek Jacobi
King Richard II
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John Gielgud
John of Gaunt
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Jon Finch
Henry Bolingbroke
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Wendy Hiller
Duchess of York
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Charles Gray
Duke of York
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Mary Morris
Duchess of Gloucester
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David Swift
Duke of Northumberland
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Clifford Rose
Bishop of Carlisle
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Charles Keating
Duke of Aumerle
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Richard Owens
Thomas Mowbray
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Jeffrey Holland
Duke of Surrey
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Jeremy Bulloch
Henry Percy
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John Flint
Lord Willoughby
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Carl Oatley
Earl Berkeley
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William Whymper
Sir Stephen Scroop
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John Barcroft
Earl of Salisbury
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David Garfield
Welsh Captain
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Desmond Adams
Sir Pierce of Exton
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Bruno Barnabe
Abbot of Westminster
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Alan Collins
Gardener's Man
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John Curless
Lord Fitzwater
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Terry Wright
Murderer
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Tim Brown
Herald
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Phillada Sewell
Queen's Lady
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Sandra Frieze
Queen's Lady