Richard II

157 mins
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...

Derek Jacobi

King Richard II

John Gielgud

John of Gaunt

Jon Finch

Henry Bolingbroke

Wendy Hiller

Duchess of York

Charles Gray

Duke of York

Mary Morris

Duchess of Gloucester

David Swift

Duke of Northumberland

Clifford Rose

Bishop of Carlisle

Charles Keating

Duke of Aumerle

Richard Owens

Thomas Mowbray

Jeffrey Holland

Duke of Surrey

Jeremy Bulloch

Henry Percy

John Flint

Lord Willoughby

Carl Oatley

Earl Berkeley

William Whymper

Sir Stephen Scroop

John Barcroft

Earl of Salisbury

David Garfield

Welsh Captain

Desmond Adams

Sir Pierce of Exton

Bruno Barnabe

Abbot of Westminster

Alan Collins

Gardener's Man

John Curless

Lord Fitzwater

Terry Wright

Murderer

Tim Brown

Herald

Phillada Sewell

Queen's Lady

Sandra Frieze

Queen's Lady

David Giles

Director

Terry Wright

Fight Choreographer

Terence Banks

Production Assistant

Fraser Lowden

Unit Manager

Alan Shallcross

Script Editor

Ann Rayment

Makeup Artist

Robin Fraser-Paye

Costume Designer

John Summers

Lighting Design

Tony Abbott

Production Design

David Lloyd-Jones

Music Consultant

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