Richard II

Alternative title: Tragedy of Richard II, The
Synopsis: Video recording of a production of Richard II directed by Steven Berkoff with Michael Stuhlbarg as Richard.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 9 Apr 1994
Duration: 188 mins

Theatre: Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York, NY
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Edwardian
Plays: Richard II
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); New York Shakespeare Festival; Shakespeare Marathon (1987-1997)

General: The production was part of the Shakespeare Marathon, 1987-1997
Reviews: Loney, Glenn. New Theatre Quarterly 11 (1995) pp 79-90 (in review-article).

`...He [Berkoff] has left his mark everywhere: on the biggest scene and on the tiniest detail. Like a mad graffiti artist, he seems obsessed with eliminating blank space from the stage and replacing it with his signature. Not a speech is spoken or a gesture made that doesn’t somehow say "Berkoff was here." The cast is composed of 18 performers, but they are all doing strictly his thing: you might as well be watching puppets (David Richard, New York Times, April 1 1994).

Name: Parker Hodges Productions
Address: USA
Notes: A production company making the video recordings of stage productions for the Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT), New York

Michael Stuhlbarg	King Richard II
Elaina Erika Davis	Queen Isabel
Earle Hyman	John of Gaunt
Andre Braugher	Bolingbroke
Carole Shelley	Duchess of Gloucester
Boris McGiver	Green
Boris McGiver	Sir Piers Exton
Bray Poor	Bagot
Bray Poor	Sir Stephen Scroope
Carole Shelley	Duchess of York
Daniel Oreskes	Bishop of Carlisle
Daniel Oreskes	Lord Berkeley
Darryl Theirse	Lord Fitzwalter
Darryl Theirse	Lord Ross
Francis Jue	Bushy
Herb Foster	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
John Stehlin	Earl of Salisbury
John Stehlin	Abbot of Westminster
John Stehlin	Thomas Mowbray
Patrick Page	Duke of Aumerle
Reese Madigan	Harry Percy
Rene Rivera	Lord Willoughby
Sam Tsoutsouvas	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland

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