SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Koenig Richard Ii King Richard II

Synopsis

Austrian radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced by Hans Hausmann. With Helmut Lohner in the title role and Rolf Boysen as Bolingbroke. The music is composed by Helmut Eder.

Language

German (Austria)

Country

Austria

Medium

Audio; Radio

Transmission details

29 Mar 1975 (Channel: ORF)

Duration

110 mins

Credits

Producer

Hans Hausmann

Writer

A.W. von Schlegel

Music

Helmut Eder

Adaptor for Radio

Hans Hausmann

Cast

Helmuth Lohner	King Richard II
Sonja Sutter	Queen Isabel
Karl Münch	John of Gaunt
Rolf Boysen	Bolingbroke
Erich Aberle	Duchess of Gloucester
Agnes Fink	Duchess of York
Aljoscha Sebald	Bishop of Carlisle
Bernd Stephan	Sir Stephen Scroope
Branko Samarovski	Keeper of the prison at Pomfret
Christoph Felsenstein	Harry Percy
Georges Ourth	Green
Hans Dieter Zeidler	Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
Harry Hornish	Bushy
Helmut Janatsch	Sir Piers Exton
Hubert Berger	Lord Willoughby
Joachim Kemmer	Thomas Mowbray
Karl Michael Vogler	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Marianne Hoppe	Duchess of York
Michael Kiurina	Lord Ross

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Richard II

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Produced in ORF Studio Salzburg.
This production is commercially available as part of the Random House Audio SHAKESPEARE BOX-WERKE CD collection (see separate entry).

History

Original transmission date unknown (11/2008).

Textual information

Translation by A.W. von Schlegel

Reviews

Source: ORF Radio drama database at http://www.hoerspiele.co.at/datenbank.html (accessed 9/2008)
Archive-Number: 192

Production Company

Name

ORF

Email

kundendienst@orf.at

Web

http://ORF.at/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+43 (01) 87878-0

Address

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Radio & Television (ORF)
Würzburggasse 30
Vienna
A-1136
Austria