William Shakespeare's story of power, used and abused.


King Richard................................................Derek Jacobi
John of Faunt................................................John Gielgud
Henry Bolingbroke........................................Jon Finch
Duchess of York..........................................Wendy Hiller
Duke of York...............................................Charles Gray
Duchess of Glouchester.................................Mary Morris


Duke of Northumberland..............................David Swift
Bishop of Carlisle.........................................Clifford Rose
Duke of Aumerle..........................................Charles Keating
Thomas Mowbray........................................Richard Owens
Queen..........................................................Janet Maw
Duke of Surney............................................Jeffrey Holland


Henry Percy.................................................Jeremy Bulloch
Busby...........................................................Robin Sachs
Bagot...........................................................Damien Thomas
Green...........................................................Alan Dalton
Lord Ross....................................................David Dodimead
Lord Willoughby...........................................John Flint


Earl Berkeley...............................................Carl Oatley
Sir Steven Scroop........................................William Whymper
Earl of Salisbury............................................John Barcroft
Welsh Captain..............................................David Garfield
Sir Pierce of Exton........................................Desmond Adams
Groom..........................................................Joe Ritchie


Keeper.........................................................Paddy Ward
Abbot of Westminster...................................Bruno Barnabe
Gardener......................................................Jonathan Adams
Gardener's Man............................................Alan Collins
Lord Fitzwater..............................................John Cureless
Murderer......................................................Terry Wright
Servant.........................................................Ronald Fernee
Herald..........................................................Tim Brown
Herald..........................................................Mike Lewin
Queen's Lady...............................................Phillda Sewell
Queen's Lady...............................................Sandra Frieze