Synopsis
Part One of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). The first episode achieves a sustained and vigorous make-believe in an age of power, mystery and frailty of the Medieval crown.
Further Information
Similar plays, poems and sonnets
An Age of Kings | 2: Richard II: The Deposing of a King
Part Two of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the second and final part of Richard II.
Eye to Eye | Night in the City
Denis Mitchell narrates a programme looking at the people who inhabit the streets of a provincial city (Manchester) at night. Among the people encountered is a busker who entertains a theatre queue with speeches from Shakespeare.