King Richard II

Synopsis: Radio production of the play by Henry Cass, broadcast with members of the Old Vic Company London. Maurice Evans performs the title role, Abraham Sofaer is Bolingbroke. With music specially composed by Herbert Menges. The Orchestra is directed by Arliss Marriott.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 19 May 1935 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
Duration: 106 mins
Availability: No copy extant

Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Reviews: 'The production will lose little by being broadcast ... .The voices of of Maurice Evans as Richard and of Abraham Sofaer as Bolingbroke are pleasing, expressive and finely contrasted. They may be safely relied on to tell their own vivid story without the aid of paint and motley." (Gordon Stowell, ' A King Who Forfeited His Crown’, Radio Times, 17 May 1935).
Source: BBC Programme Records 1933-1935, Radio Times

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Maurice Evans	King Richard II
Vivienne Bennett	Queen Isabel
Alan Napier	John of Gaunt
Abraham Sofaer	Bolingbroke
Alan Webb	Sir Piers Exton
Alan Webb	Duke of Aumerle
Alan Webb	Announcer
Cecil Trouncer	Lord Marshal
Cecil Trouncer	Bishop of Carlisle
Frank Napier	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Geoffrey Wardwell	Green
George Woodbridge	Earl of Salisbury
George Woodbridge	Keeper of the prison at Pomfret
Herbert Menges
Leo Genn	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Marius Goring	Thomas Mowbray
Marius Goring	Sir Stephen Scroope
Morland Graham	Groom of King Richard’s stable
Patrick Ross	Lord Ross
Raymond Johnson	Bushy
Richard Warner	Harry Percy
Stefan Schnabel	Lord Willoughby
Stefan Schnabel	Servant

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