Richard II
Richard II [dvd] /
produced by Cedric Messina; directed by David Giles.
- London : BBC, c2005.
- 1 DVD (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- BBC Shakespeare .
- Shakespeare collection .
DVD release of the 1978 television transmission.
Cast: Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch, Wendy Hiller, Charles Gray, Mary Morris
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal andstately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wastful in his spending habits, unwise in his choice of counsellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
UK Cert U.
PAL region 2 & 4.
BBCDVD176727 BBC
DVD: RICH
DVD release of the 1978 television transmission.
Cast: Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch, Wendy Hiller, Charles Gray, Mary Morris
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal andstately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wastful in his spending habits, unwise in his choice of counsellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
UK Cert U.
PAL region 2 & 4.
BBCDVD176727 BBC
DVD: RICH