Derek jacobi looks at richard ii and returns to a role he played 30 years ago. The elizabethan drama was a great popular art form, created. Enter king richard ii, john of gaunt, with other nobles and attendants king richard ii old john of gaunt, timehonourd lancaster, hast thou, according to thy oath and band, brought hither henry hereford thy bold son, here to make good the boisterous late appeal, which then our leisure would not let us. The incompetent richard ii is deposed by henry bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is. An interesting version, however, i think ben whishaws. The two largest north american theater festivalsosf in ashland, oregon and the stratford festival in canadahave averaged around one production every decade.
The truest production that i have seen on tape or dvd is the one with the equally magnificent sir derek jacobi as richard ii, from the bbc 1978 version with john gielgud. The incompetent richard ii is deposed by henry bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity. The incompetent king richard ii is deposed by henry bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once. Shakespeares richard ii opens in the court of king richard ii in coventry, where a dispute between henry bolingbroke, the son of john of gaunt, and thomas. The film adapts the plays story and characters to a setting based on 1930s britain. Watch the man who killed richard ii full movie free online. Its unfortunate that the cast of richard ii differs from that of the latter three plays in the hollow crown series, which makes richard ii seem more like an enjoyable and important but not. Breakdown of 2020 movie delays, and when they will hit theaters. This is the hollow crown richard ii bbc by baylor shakespeare on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Enter king richard ii, john of gaunt, with other nobles and attendants king richard ii old john of gaunt, timehonourd lancaster, hast thou, according to. Richard iii,written in about 1591, is said to be shakespeares first great play.
Director richard donner began shooting his vision of superman ii while concurrently filming superman the movie. The incompetent king richard ii is deposed by henry bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king. Shakespeares richard ii presents a momentous struggle between richard ii and his cousin henry bolingbroke. Richard ii act 3 scene 2 monologue shakespeare monologue.
A story of power and plotting, richard ii is the first of shakespeares four plays about the house of lancaster. We can only speculate about the effect it had on its first audiences. Richard ii richard ii, the first of the four history plays that make up shakespeares henriad is given a gorgeous, sumptuous treatment in the bbc hollow crown series. You may my glories and my state depose, but not my griefs. Rsc if you werent able to snap up tickets to see david tennant play richard ii in the upcoming soldout royal shakespeare company production, you. This is a story of conspiracy and betrayal, of a lust for power and a lost allegiance. David tennant with richard ii portrait in background.
Live from the globe full full movie streaming richard ii. In the presence of king richard, henry bolingbroke who would eventually be henry iv. In 1608, the play was printed again q4, this time including what we now refer to as the deposition scene. Live from the globe full movie engsub watch richard ii. Now, for the first time, his neverbeforeseen vision is here. Richard iii, 145285, king of england 148385, younger brother of edward iv edward iv, 144283, king of england 146170, 147183, son of richard, duke of york. Richard iii 2008 cast and crew having helped his brother king edward iv cedric hardwicke take the throne of england, the jealous hunchback richard, duke of york laurence olivier, plots to. Richard iii movie article about richard iii movie by. Laurence olivier directs himself in this portion of his stirring delivery of richardgloucesters famous speech in shakespeares richard iii, 1955. Richard iii 1995 stream and watch online moviefone. The hollow crown s01 ep01 richard ii part 02 hd stream watch the hollow crown s01 ep01 richard ii part 02 online watch the hollow crown s01 ep01 richard ii part 02 online stream.
Directed by rupert goold with ben whishaw as richard ii and patrick stewart, rory. With fiona shaw, graham crowden, richard bremmer, david lyon. Richard ii, written around 1595, is the first play in shakespeares second history tetralogy, a series of four plays that chronicles the rise of the house of lancaster to the british throne. This is absolutely the best teacher resource i have ever purchased. I just finished watching the first film, richard ii, in the hollow crown series. Director rupert goold and his design team create a painterly and poetic film and ben whishaw is terrific as a soft, selfaborbed and weak but still likeable king. This is a great play with the full music of shakespearean language, including the music, loud indeed, of historical semantics. Richard ii with derek jacobi video shakespeare uncovered. David tennant in richard ii tennant is at his mercurial best in these scenes, which are also where the production summons full strength. Richard ii is a play by william shakespeare that was first performed in 1597. Richard ii was first printed in 1597 as a quarto q1 and then reprinted twice in 1598 q2 and q3.
Season 41 episode 1 3m 15s in this scene, king richard, played by ben whishaw, relinquishes the crown to henry bolingbroke. The hollow crown s01 ep01 richard ii part 02 hd stream watch the hollow crown s01 ep01 richard ii part 02 online watch the hollow crown s01 ep01 richard ii part 02 online. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Read a plot overview of the entire play or a scene by scene summary and analysis. Theyre a waste of time, irish actor richard harris built a film career that. We have here the story of king richard ii, the son of the black prince, born in bordeaux. Richard iii is a 1995 british film adaptation of william shakespeares play of the same name, directed by richard loncraine. Richard ii dramatizes the downfall of, you guessed it, king richard ii 671400, a lousy english king who gets bumped off the throne by henry bolingbroke a. With derek jacobi, john gielgud, jon finch, wendy hiller.