Richard II
2024In 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.
Acted in
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff
as King Richard II
David Collins
as John of Gaunt
Jordin Hall
as Henry Bolingbroke
Sarah Orenstein
as Helena Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Michael Spencer-Davis
as Edmund, Duke of York
Emilio Vieira
as Duke of Aumerle
Sarah Dodd
as Lady Scroop
Thomas Duplessie
as Harry Percy
Charlie Gallant
as Lord Willoughby
Matthew Kabwe
as Lord Ross
Marcus Nance
as Abbot of Westminster
Debbie Patterson
as Duchess of York
Andrew Robinson
as Sir John Bushy
Steve Ross
as Bishop of Carlisle
Tyrone Savage
as Thomas Mowbray
John Wamsley
as Sir Justin Green
Hannah Wigglesworth
as Queen Isabel