Richard II

Synopsis: A modern interpretation by the English Shakespeare Company, at the Grand Theatre, Swansea before a live audience. The seven plays in the ‘Wars of the Roses’ cycle were performed over seven nights, with 28 actors playing nearly 500 roles.
Series: Wars of the Roses, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1991
Duration: c180
Availability: OUT OF UK DISTRIBUTION (2005)

Director

Michael Bogdanov

Producer

Jean-Paul Chapple

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Michael Pennington	King Richard II
Francesca Ryan	Queen Isabel
Clyde Pollitt	John of Gaunt
Michael Cronin	Bolingbroke
June Watson	Duchess of Gloucester
Andrew Jarvis	Harry Percy
Ann Penfold	Duchess of York
Barry Stanton	Captain of the Welsh army
Ben Bazell	Lord Fitzwalter
Charles Dale	Lord Willoughby
Clyde Pollitt	Groom of King Richard’s stable
Colin Farrell	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Hugh Sullivan	Bishop of Carlisle
Ian Burford	Earl of Salisbury
Jack Carr
Jack Carr	Sir Piers Exton
Jack Carr	Thomas Mowbray
John Darrell	Sir Stephen Scroope
John Dougall	Lord Ross
John Tramper	Keeper of the prison at Pomfret
John Tramper	Gardener’s man (1)
Michael Fenner	Green
Paul Brennan	Bagot
Philip Bowen	Duke of Aumerle
Philip Rees	Gardener’s man (2)
Roger Booth	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Sion Probert	Bushy
Stephen Jameson	Gardener
Stephen Jameson	Lord Berkeley

Notes: Article in The Guardian 4 May 1989 about the filming of the plays.
Reviewed by Rene Pigeon in Shakespeare.
Bulletin, Vol 12 No 4 (1994), pp. 37-40. Article in the TES 29 March, 1991.

Bogdanov, Michael & Michael Pennington, The English Shakespeare Company: The Making of ‘The Wars of the Roses’ (London: Nick Hern Books, 1990).

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General: It has not been possible to ascertain with 100% accuracy which actors played some of the smaller roles in this recording, as they were changed as the tour progressed. The actors cited all played the part at some point in 1989.

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