Richard II Live from the Globe

Synopsis: Live recording of Mark Rylance’s all-male production of Richard II directed for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre by Tim Carroll. Corin Redgrave, Zoe Wanamaker and Michael Wood discuss the performance and the play’s historical context. Introduced by Andrew Marr.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 7 Sep 2003 at 19:00 (Channel: BBC4)
Duration: 210 mins

Director

Tim Carroll

Music

Claire van Kampen; William Lyons

Costume

Jenny Tiramani; Luca Costigliolo

Contributor

Andrew Marr; Corin Redgrave; Michael Wood; Zoë Wanamaker

Cast

Mark Rylance	King Richard II
Michael Brown	Queen Isabel
John McEnery	John of Gaunt
Liam Brennan	Bolingbroke
William Osborne	Duchess of Gloucester
Albie Woodington	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Chu Omambala	Duke of Aumerle
Gerald Kyd	Harry Percy
John McEnery	Keeper of the prison at Pomfret
John McEnery	Gardener
Justin Shevlin	Bushy
Justin Shevlin	Sir Piers Exton
Patrick Brennan	Bagot
Patrick Brennan	Gardener’s man (1)
Patrick Brennan	Sir Stephen Scroope
Patrick Brennan	Second man of Sir Piers Exton
Patrick Toomey	Lord Fitzwalter
Patrick Toomey	Serving man to the Duke of York (Servant)
Peter Shorey	Lord Ross
Richard Glaves	Lady attending the Queen
Richard Glaves	Green
Richard Glaves	Exton’s man
Terence McGinity	Gardener’s man (2)
Terence McGinity	Thomas Mowbray
Terence McGinity	Groom of King Richard’s stable
William Osborne	Bishop of Carlisle

Notes: Interactive features (the red button on a digital handset) provided a subtitled running commentary from Variety critic Matt Woolf, and members of the audience were interviewed about their expectations for the evening.
Video recordings of selected performances of the production may be viewed at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre by appointment.

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