Richard II
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of Richard II. Directed by Barry Kyle with Jeremy Irons as Richard.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 11 Dec 1986
- Duration
- 165 mins
Credits
- Director
- Barry Kyle
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Stephen Oliver
- Production Design
- William Dudley
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Medieval
- Plays
- Richard II
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Richard II
Notes
- History
- Press night 10 September 1986. The production transferred to the Barbican.
- Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
- Reviews
- King, Francis Sunday Telegraph (14 August 1986) King writes’... Jeremy Irons’ Richard, resembling in his last scenes the figure of John the Baptist standing behind the still-reigning Richard in the Wilton Diptych in the National Gallery, is one of the finest in recent years...'
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Richard II". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38126 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)