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Status
Released
Release
1991
Runtime
2h 47m
Shakespeare's Richard II recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.
24 Cast Members
Ben Bazell
Earl of Westmorland
Roger Booth
Earl of Northumberland
Philip Bowen
Duke of Aumerle
Paul Brennen
Sir John Bagot
Ian Burford
Earl of Salisbury
Jack Carr
Thomas Mowbray
Michael Cronin
Bolingbroke
Charles Dale
Lord Willoughby
John Darrell
Sir Stephen Scroop
John Dougall
Lord Ross
Colin Farrell
Duke of York
Michael Fenner
Sir Henry Greene
Stephen Jameson
1st Gardener
Andrew Jarvis
Hotspur
Jennifer Konko
Lady
Ann Penfold
Duchess of York
Michael Pennington
Richard II
Clyde Pollitt
John of Gaunt
Sion Probert
Sir John Bushy
Phil Rees
3rd Gardener