Movie

Richard II

2024 2h 19m Released

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.

Cast

S Stephen Jackman-Torkoff King Richard II David Collins John of Gaunt Jordin Hall Henry Bolingbroke Sarah Orenstein Helena Percy, Countess of Michael Spencer-Davis Edmund, Duke of York E Emilio Vieira Duke of Aumerle