King Richard II

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This production played in repertory with Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida

Winter Garden Theatre , (10/23/1956 - 1/12/1957)

Category: Play, History, Revival, Broadway

Setting: England and Wales between April, 1398 -- March, 1400.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Old Vic Trust, Ltd. and Arts Council of Great Britain; Produced under the management of S. Hurok
Originally produced by The Old Vic Company; This production first presented on January 18, 1955 at The Old Vic Theatre
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Christopher Whelen
Directed by Michael Benthall
Scenic Design by Leslie Hurry; Costume Design by Leslie Hurry; Scenic Supervisor: Mordecai Gorelik
Administrative Director for the Old Vic Company: Alfred Francis; Tour Manager: Douglas Morris; Company Manager: Roy Jones
Stage Director: John Murphy; Stage Manager: John Wayne and Elizabeth Butterfield; Assistant Stage Mgr: Joe Scott-Parkinson; Old Vic Theatre Production Manager: J.A. Titcombe
Conducted by Arthur Lief
Costume Supervisor: Elizabeth Montgomery; General Press Representative: Patrick Ide and Martin Feinstein; Associate Press Representative: Michael Sweeley; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner; Old Vic Theatre Publicity Manager: Patrick Ide

Cast

Ronald Allen	Lord Marshal
Claire Bloom	Queen to King Richard
Peter Bowles	Ensemble
Jeremy Brett	Duke of Aumerle Son to the Duke of York
Graeme Campbell	Keeper of the Prison
	Ensemble
Juliet Cooke	Lady attending on the Queen
Margaret Courtenay	Lady attending on the Queen
Charles Gray	Henry Bolingbroke Duke of Hereford, afterwards Henry IV
John Greenwood	Henry Percy Surnamed Hotspur, son to Northumberland
Jack Gwillim	Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk
Ernest Hare	Earl of Northumberland
Edward Harvey	Lord Willoughby
Denis Holmes	Bishop of Carlisle
Sally Home	Lady attending on the Queen
Donald Homer	Ensemble
	Sir Pierce of Exton
Marion Hood	Lady attending on the Queen
Fraser Kerr	Ensemble
Tom Kneebone	Ensemble
Aubrey Morris	Servant to the Duke of York
	Groom of the King's Stable
	Ensemble
Daniel Moynihan	Herald to Bolingbroke
Peter Needham	Herald to Mowbray
	Ensemble
John Neville	King Richard the Second
Derek New	Green Favorite of King Richard
	Ensemble
	Servant to Exton
Timothy Parkes	Earl of Salisbury
	Ensemble
Alan Penn	Bagot Favorite of King Richard
	Ensemble
Bryan Pringle	Lord Ross
Paul Rogers	John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, Uncle to the King
Job Stewart	Page to Richard
	Gardener
Keith Taylor	Gardener
	Ensemble
	Servant to Exton
James Villiers	Bushy Favorite of King Richard
	Ensemble
Charles West	Ensemble
Jennifer Wilson	Lady attending on the Queen
John Woodvine	Lord Scroop of Berkeley
	Ensemble
Richard Wordsworth	Duke of York Uncle to the King