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RSC Live: Richard II
“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”
7.4 / 10• 2013• 3h 0m•NR• English
DramaHistory
Storyline
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.
Cast & Crew
David Tennant
Richard II
Lead
Nigel Lindsay
Henry Bolingbroke
Michael Pennington
John of Gaunt
Oliver Ford Davies
Duke of York
Antony Byrne
Mowbray / Duke of Norfolk
Emma Hamilton
The Queen
Oliver Rix
Duke of Aumerle
Sean Chapman
Earl of Northumberland
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gregory Doran's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. RSC Live: Richard II is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
