Richard II

Overview

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.

Directed by Jillian Keiley

Top cast

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Stephen Jackman-Torkoff

King Richard II

David Collins

John of Gaunt

Jordin Hall

Henry Bolingbroke

Sarah Orenstein

Helena Percy, Countess of Northumberland

Michael Spencer-Davis

Edmund, Duke of York

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Emilio Vieira

Duke of Aumerle

Sarah Dodd

Lady Scroop

Thomas Duplessie

Harry Percy

Charlie Gallant

Lord Willoughby

Matthew Kabwe

Lord Ross

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Marcus Nance

Abbot of Westminster

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Debbie Patterson

Duchess of York

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Andrew Robinson

Sir John Bushy

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Steve Ross

Bishop of Carlisle

Tyrone Savage

Thomas Mowbray

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John Wamsley

Sir Justin Green

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Hannah Wigglesworth

Queen Isabel

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