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 choice of chancellors, 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.
Name | Type | Role | |
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William Shakespeare | Writer | ||
Cedric Messina | Producer | ||
David Giles | Director | ||
Alan Dalton | Actor | Green | |
David Swift | Actor | Duke of Northumberland | |
Bruno Barnabe | Actor | Abbot of Westminster | |
David Garfield | Actor | Welsh Captain | |
Jeffrey Holland | Actor | Duke of Surrey | |
Jon Finch | Actor | Henry Bolingbroke | |
David Dodimead | Actor | Lord Ross | |
Clifford Rose | Actor | Bishop of Carlisle | |
Jeremy Bulloch | Actor | Henry Percy | |
Wendy Hiller | Actor | Duchess of York | |
John Flint | Actor | Lord Willoughby | |
Charles Keating | Actor | Duke of Aumerle | |
Robin Sachs | Actor | Bushy | |
Charles Gray | Actor | Duke of York | |
Earl Hatley | Actor | Sir Stephen Scroop | |
Richard Owens | Actor | Thomas Mowbray | |
Derek Jacobi | Actor | Richard II | |
Damien Thomas | Actor | Bagot | |
Mary Morris | Actor | Duchess of Gloucester | |
John Barcroft | Actor | Earl of Salisbury | |
Janet Maw | Actor | Queen Isabella | |
John Gielgud | Actor | John of Gaunt |