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Title Richard II / 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.

Publication Info. [London] : Opus Arte, [2014]
©2014

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 Moore Video  PR2820.A23 D67 2014    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (165 min. + 15 min. extras) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Playing Time 024500
Physical Medium DVD DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Description DVD digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0
DVD digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD wide screen 16:9
DVD laser optical NTSC
DVD video file DVD video all regions
Series Live from Stratford-upon-Avon.
King and country : Shakespeare's great cycle of kings.
System Details DVD format; NTSC; all region (region 0); widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround soundtracks.
Cast 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.
Performer Sopranos, Charlotte Ashley, Anna Bolton, Helena Raeburn ; trumpets, Chris Seddon, James Stretton, Chris Storr ; percussion, Kevin Waterman ; keyboard, Bruce O'Neil.
Credits Designed by Stephen Brimson Lewis ; lighting designed by Tim Mitchell ; music by Paul Englishby ; music director, Bruce O'Neil.
Note Originally produced for Live from Stratford-upon Avon, a collaboration between the Royal Shakespeare Company and Picturehouse Cinemas.
Event Broadcast live from Stratford-upon-Avon November 2013.
Note Accompanying booklet contains synopsis and program notes in English, French, and German.
Summary "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.
Note Special features: interview with David Tennant; Director's commentary; Cast gallery.
Language In English with optional subtitles in English, French and German.
Subject Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400 -- Drama.
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Great Britain -- History -- Richard II, 1377-1399 -- Drama.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Subject Great Britain.
Chronological Term 1377-1399
Genre/Form Feature films.
Historical films.
History.
Drama.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Film adaptations.
Added Author Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II.
Doran, Gregory, film director.
Adams, Jeremy (Stage producer), film producer.
Lough, Robin, film director.
Wyver, John, film producer.
Tennant, David, 1971- actor.
Hamilton, Emma Walton, actor.
Pennington, Michael, 1943- actor.
Lindsay, Nigel, 1969- actor.
Davies, Oliver Ford, actor.
Cruickshank, Marty, actor.
Rix, Olly, 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 (Conductor), musical director.
Picturehouse (Firm), production company.
Royal Shakespeare Company, performer, production company.
Opus Arte (Firm), film distributor.
Added Title Richard II (Motion picture : 2013)
King Richard the Second
Standard No. 809478011422
Music No. OA 1142 D Opus Arte