Richard II

Synopsis
Derek Jacobi discusses Richard II. Jacobi comments on his own interpretation of Richard in the BBC Television Shakespeare series and states at the end of the programme that knowing what he knows about the play he wants to perform it again, and could play it better. The nature of absolute power is discussed and parallels are drawn with Margaret Thatcher, Ceausescu and Gaddafi. The authorship question is raised as Jacobi talks with Jason Lindsay, the current owner of Hedingham Castle, the ancestral home of the de Vere family.

Excerpts:
RICHARD II (BBC, 1970). d. Tony Robertson
RICHARD II (BBC, 1978). d. David Giles
RICHARD II (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 2003) d. Tim Carroll
RICHARD II (BBC, 2012) d. Rupert Goold.

There are rehearsal scenes of the play at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre directed by Simon Usher.

Contributors: Jonathan Bate, Justin Champion, Marjorie Garber, Rupert Goold, John Sergeant, Ben Whishaw
Series
Shakespeare Uncovered
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
30 Jun 2012 at 23:20 (Channel: BBC2)
Duration
60 mins

Credits

Director
John Holdsworth
Producer
John Holdsworth
Contributor
Ben Whishaw; Derek Jacobi; John Sergeant; Jonathan Bate; Justin Champion; Marjorie Garber; Rupert Goold; Simon Usher
Cast
Jamie ParkerKing Richard II
James GarnonBolingbroke
Gareth Bennett RyanBushy
James GarnonEdmund of Langley, Duke of York
Michael JarvisBagot

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Richard II
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
monarchy; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Authorship; Rehearsals
Related items
Prefaces to Shakespeare

Notes

Notes
The six episodes in this series are available as a 2-disc DVD from MovieMail and other retailers with the title PREFACES TO SHAKESPEARE. The DVD is catalogued separately on this database. The DVD is catalogued separately on this database. The series is also released on DVD (Region 1) by PBS and sold as a 2-DVD set with the MY SHAKESPEARE series under the general title of SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED.

Online Availability

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Online price
£1.89
Online format
Download

Production Company

Name

116 Films

Name

Blakeway Productions

Name

Thirteen/WNET

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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Name

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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Richard II". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av74193 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)