Richard II

The story

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.

Cast

S Stephen Jackman-TorkoffKing Richard II D David CollinsJohn of Gaunt J Jordin HallHenry Bolingbroke S Sarah OrensteinHelena Percy, Countess of Northumberland M Michael Spencer-DavisEdmund, Duke of York E Emilio VieiraDuke of Aumerle S Sarah DoddLady Scroop T Thomas DuplessieHarry Percy C Charlie GallantLord Willoughby M Matthew KabweLord Ross M Marcus NanceAbbot of Westminster D Debbie PattersonDuchess of York

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A Andrew RobinsonSir John Bushy S Steve RossBishop of Carlisle T Tyrone SavageThomas Mowbray J John WamsleySir Justin Green H Hannah WigglesworthQueen Isabel