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Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

180 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

13 November 2013

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

David Tennant

David Tennant

Richard II

Nigel Lindsay

Nigel Lindsay

Henry Bolingbroke

Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

John of Gaunt

Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies

Duke of York

Antony Byrne

Antony Byrne

Mowbray / Duke of Norfolk

Emma Hamilton

Emma Hamilton

The Queen

Oliver Rix

Oliver Rix

Duke of Aumerle

Sean Chapman

Sean Chapman

Earl of Northumberland

Jim Hooper

Jim Hooper

Bishop of Carlisle

Jane Lapotaire

Jane Lapotaire

Duchess of Gloucester

Jake Mann

Jake Mann

Bagot

Sam Marks

Sam Marks

Bushy

Marcus Griffiths

Marcus Griffiths

Green

Edmund Wiseman

Edmund Wiseman

Harry Percy

Youssef Kerkour

Youssef Kerkour

Lord Willoughby

Marty Cruikshank

Marty Cruikshank

Duchess of York

Elliot Barnes-Worrell

Elliot Barnes-Worrell

Groom

Joshua Richards

Joshua Richards

Lord Ross / Gardener

Keith Osborne

Keith Osborne

Sir Stephen Scroop

Gracy Goldman

Gracy Goldman

Ladies-in-waiting

Miranda Nolan

Miranda Nolan

Ladies-in-waiting

Simon Thorp

Simon Thorp

Earl of Salisbury

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