Richard II (2015)
Dazzlingly eloquent and ceremonious, Richard II represents Shakespeare’s most searching exploration of the meaning of kingship and the powers that can destroy it. Charles Edwards takes the title role.
'Within the hollow crown, that rounds the mortal temples of a king, keeps death his court.'
Dazzlingly eloquent and ceremonious, Richard II represents Shakespeare’s most searching exploration of the meaning of kingship and the powers that can destroy it. Charles Edwards takes the title role.
Synopsis
Ruling by divine right, but himself ruled by caprice, King Richard exiles Henry Bolingbroke and seizes his father’s vast estates. While Richard is distracted by a rebellion in Ireland, Bolingbroke returns to England, intent on recovering his rightful property and, with the support of his disgruntled peers, perhaps seizing the crown itself.
Cast
Graham Butler
AUMERLE
Oliver Boot
MOWBRAY / CARLISLE
William Chubb
DUKE OF YORK
Charles Edwards
RICHARD
Henry Everett
SALISBURY
William Gaunt
JOHN OF GAUNT
Greg Haiste
BUSHY
Angus Imrie
BAGOT
Richard Katz
EXTON / GARDENER
Ekow Quartey
ROSS
Anneika Rose
ISABEL
David Sturzaker
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
Sasha Waddell
DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER
Sarah Woodward
DUCHESS OF YORK
Arthur Wilson
GREEN
Creatives
Simon Godwin
DIRECTOR
Paul Wills
DESIGNER
Stephen Warbeck
COMPOSER
Ian Russell
DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN
Charlotte Broom
CHOREOGRAPHER
Bret Yount
FIGHT DIRECTOR