Richard II
Richard II
Release: 2024-01-27
·Runtime: 139m
In a revolutionary adaptation by Brad Fraser, this Richard is the story of a king who believes that God gives him the right to live above the rules and who ultimately suffers the consequences. The story is embedded in a time of great freedom that is soon crushed - the late 1970s and early '80s: when lives were lived at great volume against a suffocating strain of conservatism and fear. Fraser's adaptation maintains Shakespeare's text but draws on sources beyond Richard II.
Production Companies
Stratford Festival
Cast
Jordin Hall
as Henry Bolingbroke
Sarah Orenstein
as Helena Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Charlie Gallant
as Lord Willoughby
Tyrone Savage
as Thomas Mowbray
Sarah Dodd
as Lady Scroop
Michael Spencer-Davis
as Edmund, Duke of York
Matthew Kabwe
as Lord Ross
David Collins
as John of Gaunt
Thomas Duplessie
as Harry Percy