Elizabethan links to the Essex Rebellion and Richard II.
Derek Jacobi looks at Richard II, a role he played 30 years ago. He helps actors at the Globe with aspects of the play ...
William Shakespeare's study of deluded autocracy: when Richard II banishes Bolingbroke and confiscates his property, he begins a chain of events that...
Part One of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). The first epi...
Richard Eyre introduces a new production of Richard II starring Samuel West in the title role. The play raises the questions as to whether Richard is the "...
Ian Richardson presents a personal view of King Richard II and the characters in the Shakespeare play. These talks were given as curtain...
Poetry or prose readings, read this week by guest presenter Lord Laurence Olivier. The choices include John of Gaunt's deathbed...
A production of the National Theatre’s 1995 production of Richard II directed by Deborah Warner with Fiona Shaw in the title role. It was re-staged ...
Part Two of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two ...
Paul Johnson offers a personal view of the play which, when produced in 1601, threatened the throne of England. The programme include...
For the first time in nearly 50 years, there is a live and interactive broadcast of a theatrical production, as Shakespeare's 'Richard II' is ...
A 1978 BBC production of the classic Shakespeare story of King Richard II. This was the second broadcast of the 37-play BBC Telev...
A full-length radio adaptation of the play Richard II, produced and directed by Richard Wortley.
Denis Mitchell narrates a programme looking at the people who inhabit the streets of a provincial city (Manchester) at night. Among the people...
Shakespeare adaptation starring Ben Whishaw. King Richard is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mo...
Shakespeare's classic tragedy, performed by the Prospect Theatre Company in the 1969 Edinburgh Festival production. This is the first televise...
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