Richard II 2024 Directed by Jillian Keiley
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.
Country
Canada
Language
English
Production Company
Stratford Festival
Release Date 27 January 2024
139 mins
Cast
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff
King Richard II
David Collins
John of Gaunt
Jordin Hall
Henry Bolingbroke
Sarah Orenstein
Helena Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Michael Spencer-Davis
Edmund, Duke of York
Emilio Vieira
Duke of Aumerle
Sarah Dodd
Lady Scroop
Thomas Duplessie
Harry Percy
Charlie Gallant
Lord Willoughby
Matthew Kabwe
Lord Ross
Marcus Nance
Abbot of Westminster
Debbie Patterson
Duchess of York
Andrew Robinson
Sir John Bushy
Steve Ross
Bishop of Carlisle
Tyrone Savage
Thomas Mowbray
John Wamsley
Sir Justin Green
Hannah Wigglesworth
Queen Isabel