King Richard II

Alternative title: Oxford University Dramatic Society in ‘King Richard II’, The
Synopsis: Shakespeare’s play adapted for broadcasting by Felix Felton from the production at the New Theatre, Oxford, directed by John Gielgud and Glen Byam Shaw. The cast includes David King-Wood as Richard, John Featherstone Witty as Bolingbroke. With music specially composed by Herbert Menges.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 12 Apr 1936 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
Duration: 120 mins

General: This is the second play that John Gielgud produced for the O.U.D.S.
History: Based on the stage production given at the New Theatre, Oxford in February 1936.
Reviews: For background information on the broadcast see Felix Felton, ‘The O.U.D.S. in the Studio’, The Radio Times, issue dated April 10, 1936, p. 3.
Source: BBC Programme Records 1933-1935, Radio Times.

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David King-Wood	King Richard II
Thea Holme	Queen Isabel
Joseph Adamson	John of Gaunt
John Witty	Bolingbroke
Alan Lennox-Short	Lord Marshal
Alan Phillips
Brian Harvey	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Bryan Cave-Browne-Cave	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Colin Stephenson
David Williams	Duke of Aumerle
Desmond McKenna
Helen Highet	Lady attending the Queen
Helen Highet	Duchess of York
Henry Fowler
John Argles	Bishop of Carlisle
Maurice Williams
Michael Denison
Michael Weippert
Michael Wheeler	Sir Piers Exton
Peter Higgs
Peter Watling	Thomas Mowbray
Robin Whaetherley
Russell Bentley
Vernon Marchant

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