Director Simon Godwin helms this adaptation of the timeless tale of one of England’s most influential leaders. Dazzlingly eloquent and ceremonious, Richard II invests a weak and self-dramatising man with tragic status and represents Shakespeare’s most searching exploration of the meaning of kingship and the rising powers that can destroy it.

Location: Shakespeare’s Globe, UK
Year Performed: 2015
Show Runtime: 148 mins
Language: English

Cast: Charles Edwards, David Sturzaker, Oliver Boot, Graham Butler, William Chubb, Henry Everett, William Gaunt, Greg Haiste, Angus Imrie, Richard Katz