Release Date

10 Dec, 1978

Runtime

02:37: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, 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...

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Actors

Derek Jacobi

John Gielgud

Jon Finch

Wendy Hiller

Charles Gray

Mary Morris

David Swift

Clifford Rose

Charles Keating

Richard Owens

Janet Maw

Jeffrey Holland

Jeremy Bulloch

Robin Sachs

Damien Thomas

Alan Dalton

David Dodimead

John Flint

Carl Oatley

William Whymper

John Barcroft

Crew

William Shakespeare

David Giles

Fraser Lowden

Alan Shallcross

Terry Wright

Terence Banks

Cedric Messina

Ann Rayment

John Summers

Robin Fraser-Paye

Colin Dixon

Tony Abbott