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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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Derek Jacobi
King Richard II
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John Gielgud
John of Gaunt
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Jon Finch
Henry Bolingbroke
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Wendy Hiller
Duchess of York
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Charles Gray
Duke of York
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Mary Morris
Duchess of Gloucester
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David Swift
Duke of Northumberland
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Clifford Rose
Bishop of Carlisle
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Charles Keating
Duke of Aumerle
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Richard Owens
Thomas Mowbray
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Janet Maw
Queen
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Jeffrey Holland
Duke of Surrey
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Jeremy Bulloch
Henry Percy
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Robin Sachs
Busby
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Damien Thomas
Bagot
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David Dodimead
Lord Ross
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John Flint
Lord Willoughby
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Carl Oatley
Earl Berkeley
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William Whymper
Sir Stephen Scroop
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John Barcroft
Earl of Salisbury
