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Richard II

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Calorie Rating: 221
Released: 1978-12-10
Running Time: 157 Minutes
Studios: Time-Life Television Productions, BBC,


Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...

Director / Directors

David Giles
Director


Cast

Derek Jacobi
Character: King Richard II
John Gielgud
Character: John of Gaunt
Jon Finch
Character: Henry Bolingbroke

Wendy Hiller
Character: Duchess of York
Charles Gray
Character: Duke of York
Mary Morris
Character: Duchess of Gloucester

David Swift
Character: Duke of Northumberland
Clifford Rose
Character: Bishop of Carlisle
Charles Keating
Character: Duke of Aumerle

Richard Owens
Character: Thomas Mowbray
Janet Maw
Character: Queen
Jeffrey Holland
Character: Duke of Surrey

Jeremy Bulloch
Character: Henry Percy
Robin Sachs
Character: Busby
Damien Thomas
Character: Bagot

Alan Dalton
Character: Green
David Dodimead
Character: Lord Ross
John Flint
Character: Lord Willoughby

Carl Oatley
Character: Earl Berkeley
William Whymper
Character: Sir Stephen Scroop
John Barcroft
Character: Earl of Salisbury

David Garfield
Character: Welsh Captain
Desmond Adams
Character: Sir Pierce of Exton
Joe Ritchie
Character: Groom

Paddy Ward
Character: Keeper
Bruno Barnabe
Character: Abbot of Westminster
Jonathan Adams
Character: Gardener

Alan Collins
Character: Gardener's Man
John Curless
Character: Lord Fitzwater
Terry Wright
Character: Murderer

Ronald Fernee
Character: Servant
Tim Brown
Character: Herald
Mike Lewin
Character: Herald

Phillada Sewell
Character: Queen's Lady
Sandra Frieze
Character: Queen's Lady


Production and Crew

Ann Rayment
Makeup Artist

John Summers
Lighting Design
Robin Fraser-Paye
Costume Designer
Tony Abbott
Production Design

Terry Wright
Fight Choreographer
Terence Banks
Production Assistant
Fraser Lowden
Unit Manager

Alan Shallcross
Script Editor