Richard II

Synopsis: Independent, digital, low-budget production, heavily abridged, with a re-working of Richard as a Rambo-esque war hero. This may be the first film of Richard II.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2001
Duration: 93 mins

Notes: The DVD extras include interview footage, still gallery, deleted clips, trailers and outtakes.
General: `The screenplay is all Shakespeare, but ruthlessly cut to remove the blither ' IMDb user comment posted 21 April 2006
History: Not released in the UK.
Reviews: Hall, Phil. ‘The Fall and Rise of a Digital Richard the Second’ in Art New England 25, no. 3 (2004): 9. [Recounts John Farrell’s filming of Richard II in 1987 and his digital editing and release of the film in 2000-2002.]

Forker, Charles R. ‘Richard II on Screen’ in Michael Hoffman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Shakespeare Survey 61: Shakespeare, Sound and Screen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). pp. 70-73.

Shakespeare, "Richard II". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36508 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)

Matte Osian	King Richard II
Kadina de Elejalde	Queen Isabel
Frank O’Donnell	John of Gaunt
Barry Smith	Bolingbroke
Craig Alan Edwards	Green
Daniel Maher	Bushy
David W. Frank	Duke of York
Ellen Zachos	Duke of Aumerle
Lisa Beth Kovetz	Sir Stephen Scroope
Robert E. McCafferty	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Tom Turbiville	Thomas Mowbray

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