Richard II
By: William Shakespeare ; directed by Gregory Doran ; producer, Jeremy Adams ; for Live from Stratford-upon-Avon: screen director, Robin Lough ; producer, John Wyver ; Picturehouse Entertainment ; a Royal Shakespeare Company presentation
Contributors: Tennant, David, 1971- actor; Hamilton, Emma, 1984- actor; Pennington, Michael, 1943- actor; Lindsay, Nigel, 1969- actor; Davies, Oliver Ford, actor; Cruickshank, Marty, actor; Rix, Oliver, actor; Lapotaire, Jane, actor; Griffiths, Marcus, actor; Hooper, Jim, actor; Osborn, Keith, actor; Richards, Josh (Actor), active 1987- actor; Lewis, Stephen Brimson, production designer; Mitchell, Tim (Timothy James), lighting designer; Englishby, Paul, composer (expression); O'Neil, Bruce (Musician), musical director; Royal Shakespeare Company; Live from Stratford-upon-Avon; Opus Arte (Firm)
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Drama; Film adaptations; History
Other titles: King Richard II; King Richard the Second
Description: "Richard is King. 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"--Container.
Notes: Originally produced for Live from Stratford-upon Avon, a collaboration between the Royal Shakespeare Company and Picturehouse Cinemas.

Accompanying booklet contains synopsis and program notes in English, French, and German.

Special features: interview with David Tennant; Director's commentary; Cast gallery.

Designed by Stephen Brimson Lewis ; lighting designed by Tim Mitchell ; music by Paul Englishby ; music director, Bruce O'Neil.

David Tennant, Emma Hamilton, Michael Pennington, Nigel Lindsay, Oliver Ford Davies, Marty Cruickshank, Oliver Rix, Jane Lapotaire, Antony Byrne, Sam Marks, Jake Mann, Marcus Griffiths, Simon Thorp, Jim Hooper, Keith Osborn, Sean Chapman, Edmund Wiseman, Joshua Richards, Youssef Kerkour, Gracy Goldman, Miranda Nolan, Elliot Barnes-Worrell.

Sopranos, Charlotte Ashley, Anna Bolton, Helena Raeburn ; trumpets, Chris Seddon, James Stretton, Chris Storr ; percussion, Kevin Waterman ; keyboard, Bruce O'Neil.

Broadcast live from Stratford-upon-Avon November 2013.

DVD format; NTSC; all region (region 0); widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround soundtracks.

In English with optional subtitles in English, French and German.