Richard II

Synopsis: Radio adaptation of the play produced and directed by Richard Wortley. With John Hurt in the title role and David Suchet as Bolingbroke. Music composed by Ilona Sekacz.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 24 May 1985
Transmission details: 2 Feb 1986 at 18:45 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 160 mins

Director

Richard Wortley

Producer

Richard Wortley

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Ilona Sekacz

Cast

John Hurt	King Richard II
Ann Bell	Queen Isabel
Harry Andrews	John of Gaunt
David Suchet	Bolingbroke
Alan Thompson	Lord Willoughby
Anne Jameson	Duchess of York
Bernard Brown	Bishop of Carlisle
Bernard Brown	Lord Fitzwalter
Brian Smith	Bagot
Christopher Douglas	Duke of Aumerle
Colin Starkey	Green
David Garth	Gardener
David Garth	Earl of Salisbury
David Learner	Harry Percy
David Sinclair	Sir Piers Exton
Garard Green	Lord Marshal
Helena Breck	Lady (1) (Lady attending the Queen)
Hugh Dickson	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
John Church	Sir Stephen Scroope
John Church	Lord Berkeley
Mary Wimbush	Duchess of Lancaster
Melinda Walker	Lady (2) (Lady attending the Queen)
Peter Acre	Bushy
Philip Voss	Thomas Mowbray
Roger Hammond	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Trevor Nichols	Lord Ross

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