The Tragedy of Richard II by William Shakespeare
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- Charles Bouchard, Director; Boff Muir, Producer; Sebastian Chrispin, Richard;Duncan Lumsden, Bolingbroke; David Steen, Gaunt/Carlisle; Tim Myers, York; Sophie Thompson, Queen; Erik Maes, Northumberland; Geoffrey Mandami, Mowbray/Exton;Lucy Hadley, Duchess York; Simone Ellul, Duchess Gloucester; Neil Clark, Aumerle; Neale Macdonald, Salisbury/Keeper; Sherry Vosburgh, Berkely/Gardener; Graham Andrews, Bushy/Scroop/Fitzwater; Zack Besky, Percy; Ruth Ivory, Marshall/Willoughby; Marc Leotard, Green/Guard; Frederik Kusiak, Captain/Groom; Matty Matsagoura, Maid/Gardener; Anastasios Tisirakidis, Attendant; Celine Nieto, Lady; Gregory Bouchard, Guard/Noble; Jeremy Dhanani; Guard CREW: Martin Kirk, Stage Manager; Guillaume Lamarre, Assistant Stage Manager; Kevin Murphy, Lighting; Eamon McHugh, Sound; Deborah Griffiths, Catriona White, Costumes; Mari Kriis, Make Up; Elizabeth Flynn, Music; Meg Chang, Artwork
The Tragedy of King Richard II
Synopsis
King Richard asks his uncle John of Gaunt to bring his son Henry Bolingbroke (cousin of Richard, also called the Duke of Hereford, Lancaster, and later, King Henry IV) before him to arbitrate his dispute with Thomas Mowbray. Bolingbroke accuses Mowbray of many crimes, but especially the murder of his uncle the Duke of Gloucester. The Duchess of Gloucester pleads with John of Gaunt to avenge the murder of her husband (Gaunt's brother)--Gaunt refuses, revealing that King Richard himself killed Gloucester.
A formal duel is arranged to settle the dispute between Bolingbroke and Mowbray. But King Richard halts the duel and hastily decides to banish Bolingbroke for six years, and Mowbray for life.
The King surrounds himself with flatterers (Aumerle, Bushy, Green) whom the nobles, especially John of Gaunt, his brother York, and Northumberland, bitterly denounce. When the beloved John of Gaunt dies, Richard confiscates his property, denying the banished Bolingbroke his inheritance. York and the leading nobles are outraged. Richard's kingdom is in disarray, and yet he now departs to wage a war in Ireland, leaving his uncle the Duke of York in charge. But he leaves York no men or money to uphold his government.
Northumberland leads the nobles in revolt against Richard while he is in Ireland and assists Henry Bolingbroke's return to England. The aggrieved nobles back Henry, who executes Richard's main backers.
Richard falls into despair when he returns to England and sees all his supporters are dead or fled to Henry. The Duke of York (uncle to both Richard and Henry) also reluctantly backs Henry.
Richard is deeply tortured by the loss of his crown which he believes he wears by divine right. He and his Queen learn that even the common people have abandoned him. He at last abdicates to Henry. He is publicly humiliated and imprisoned, and tearfully separated from his Queen, who is banished to France.
Henry IV assumes royal power, executing many of Richard's followers, but pardoning the treacherous Duke of Aumerle (son of York) at the urgent behest of his mother the Duchess of York.
In prison, Richard compares his prison to the world, and reflects on his sins and fate. He is attacked by assassins, defends himself bravely, but is killed by Exton. When his body is brought to King Henry, he repudiates the murder and vows to purge this crime by a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
I'm studying Richard II for my course in university. Thank you for having captions on this. It helps a lot!
can you believe they had to memorise all those lines
It's their job.
@@MS-zu8dsit’s still impressive
@@jakeelsner2963 Possibly, as it's an amateur production you cut a little slack.
This is a fantastic resource for students everywhere, especially with captions. Thank you so much for sharing it.
I concur
Agreed, this is awesome - production, acting, sound, camera editting.
I like the production. Bare bones, concentrating on the story and the acting.
You guys did a great job and I really appreciate your sharing it. This was perfect for referring to for my Humanities: Shakespeare course. I especially loved the performances of Richard II, Bolingbroke, and John Gaunt. Bravo!!!
Wonderful performance. Nice touch, the dog in the first scene.
Gaunt is flawless.
I love how Bolingbroke just yeets his sword when the duel is interrupted
Excellent word Bravo to all who for two hours traffic on the stage brought the bard to full glorious life
The chap playing Richard 11 has an enviable role and did a commendable job He is much in the vein of Faustus in his character: a conflicted personality brought low by hubris and over weening pride . Vacillating and resolute by turns , playing the role like dancing on the head of that pin which Richard foretells penerating the castle wall to bring him low . Fostering life in such a conflicted personality well nigh impossible but the poetry in the play so rich it demands performance; there in lies the rub!
Hats off !
I'm studying this play for university, this is a wonderful resource! Thank you!
You have to watch this many times because the performance is a triple bravo. Everyone excelled to bring this play greater recognition than it deserves.
"greater recognition than it deserves" ? What?? for many of us, this is the greatest, or certainly among the very greatest, of Shakespeare's plays. No prose passages, pentameters from first to last. An incredible achievement.
The use of Mozart’s Requiem at the end was perfect!
No doubt - little known fact = was used in original production at the globe , so nice touch by the director!
Fantastic job, everybody! A thousand bravos! I'm 57 years old and had never seen this play. Many surprises and great moments in your production. I had no idea the character of Bolingbroke would be so conflicted in the end. No wonder that in real life Essex's coup failed the next day: All who saw the play were consumed with pity for their deposed prince. Thanks to all for your hard work.
Really helped me with my studies.
Thank you for this nice performance!
This is wonderful - great acting with subtitles. Thank you for posting.
Such a great play and great material to work on with my students! Thanks a lot!
thanks for the great work, even the subtitle for foreigner like me, helped a lot to enjoy the show!
Thank you so much for uploading this, this is real help
Pupper was the best actor 10/10 knew all his best angles
It's a lovely production -- perhaps the strongest and most kingly Richard I have ever seen. The Hollow Crow had such a hard ax to sharpen that it really left a lot our of that Richard -- this production restores a deposed King! Not really but you know what I mean.
great show, true pleasure, thanks
Brilliant stuff. I am using this with my students to show them the language in full use and speed. God bless you for sharing this.
Wonderful production! Thanks to all involved.
Oh my days thank you so much for this
They started to run out of "real" actors for some of the ancillary characters (the American Harry Hotspur was atrocious), but mostly very well-acted and well done.
I have seen many actors, including Knights of the Stage , give their "This Sceptred Isle" speech...not one of them have come close to David Steen's rendition here...it is quite brilliant.
BUT, it has to be pointed out that England is not an island...it is not a precious stone set in a silver sea...it is not a house surrounded by a defensive moat...to repeat, it is NOT an island...it has Wales in the west and Scotland joining it in the north...unfortunately so many English people up to the present day have taken Shakespeare's words as fact and consider the whole island to be England...in this, the Bard has a lot to answer for,
Excellent performances
I've just came across this video on my fire stick! it's brilliant..
I studied this book in fifth form. Lovely.
Thank you so much! What an experience!
Also, Isabella Valois was about 10 years old when Richard II was deposed.
1:07:30 Act 3 Begins
Excellent performance
Someone give that audience member a drink so they'll stop coughing! Great post though
They should have had the courtesy to leave. Spreading germs and interrupting the performances.
Lord Mowbray , My Great Grandfather to the tenth and 9th .
loved the acting from Richard, a great rendition if you can ignore the odd mistake like Henry fluffing up the final lines of the play "I hate the murtherer, LOVE him murthere'd".
Wonderful!!!
Thanks!
So good👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
John of Gaunt is excellent. A good production all round.
Someone should perhaps mentioned to the actors involved that fine acting has largely eschewed the waving around of one's arms since somewhere around the year 1200...b.c.
+Sublime Music Channel Excellent point.
Reading the play in college and this is making it so much easier to follow along :)
It would have been a great help had the captions matched the actors' speech.
Gotta match the original text
@@fevering8120 My point exactly.
Thank You!
Very good
Well done!
This was excellent.
Generally quite good but, like so many Shakesperian actors, lines are rushed and without subtitles, wold be incomprehensible. The actual sub titles were somewhat odd but nevertheless, necessary and appreciated. I did not understand why Young Percy had an American accent.
Is there any other source for watchin plays with caption? It is better than TV shows with captions.)
Bravo!!
Enjoyed it.
Well done. Love richard ii.
Wow. I thought this was great. Richard ii and Bolingbrooke especially. Nice job!
I do not see how to contact you in the notes. Brussels Shakespeare Society is at the front Titles. Web address? Contact Info? Other videos listed. They may be in the Credits but in the notes is easier to copy and enter into a search bar. Thank you. Really appreciated the subtitles.
While we're taking people to task for coughing, here's wishing we could IMPOUND THAT CELL PHONE about 3 seats left of center, who keeps taking pictures, "beep-beep," despite the emcee's reminder that THERE WERE NO CELL PHONES IN 1398!
It's not a good idea to have the text at the bottom of the screen when the actors frequently mangle the text so it doesn't mirror Shakespeare's script.
A slightly uneven performance, stripped of most stage props, yet successfully supporting the acting through costume, sparse sound effects and of course, a dog.
I did enjoy it, especially because it reminded me that the play is about early speeches being a poor form of government but electrifying dialogue later shakes all of that, then the return to speeches shows the last gasp of the old regime. Until the wheel returns, perhaps?
LOTS of lines dropped from the play. I am assuming not intentionally.
why tf is there so many people coughing like goddamn take a cough drop or sumthin
You get coughing in a live performance. Sometimes worse.
Exactly who has produced this, where and when? Is it a student university production? Can’t see details anywhere.
Is it just me, or is it ill-advised to make students read Shakespeare when the originally purpose of these plays was to be seen? Anyway, this was a good, straightforward version (except for the American kid who played Harry Percy, he was awkward and rigid as shit). Also did Gaunt pull a fast one and come back from the dead???
shit is not rigid so I find your simile inapt - if that's a word
1:20:26 Act III Scene II
Why were mentions of God removed from this performance?
@Captain Brandon Punk & Horror Lover that would be a great shame, to bow to people who desire censorship.
Bolingbrook’s accusation speech missing from act 1 scene 1. It’s been butchered.
I thought it was a fantastic performance though the info graphics speak for itself ... literally!
It's not "Hereford" but pronounced "Herford", otherwise metre is wrong.
actually Jonh Barton says its pronounced "Her-y-fiord"- and he should knoy - hey knonny non!
As I was banish'd, I was banish'd Hereford 1:02:45
1:12:00 personal bookmark
sir im confused who is really bolingbroke
the man with brown clothe or the man with the light-green clothes
oh im wrong i was just confused sorry
oh im wrong i was just confused sorry
Did not like the changes in the text.
a severe lack of extra gage throwing (act 4), but otherwise a decent performance
although harry percy was...not good. for some reason i'm reminded of hayden christiansen in star wars
Actors getting the lines wrong left and right... no thanks.
1:39
55:00
Skipped a lot of lines
1:18:00
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Very cool 😎
Somewhat flat acting when compared to real Shakespearian actors who understand the vitality of Shakespeare's words and poetry, but certainly a reasonable effort for students. Best watched in short bursts otherwise it becomes a bit of a drag.
rubbish - great effort -you are da drag
Amateurish production. the actor playing Bolingbroke stands out. Otherwise a simplistic interpretation of the best play.
Richard totally agree - I think John of Gaunt is also pretty natural by virtue of his experience and maturity but Bolingbroke achieves the same without those advantages - he’d dnd shoulders above the rest, with the potential for really great roles in the future.
rubbish. Flawed play , even Shakespeare admitted this is his Autobiography ! Yes , called "37 not out" - £5.99 on Amazon- so there !