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More philosopher than king, Richard II is an intelligent but ineffectual monarch. A botched mediation between the Duke of Norfolk and Henry Bolingbroke begins a series of miscalculations that isolate Richard II from his ever-shrinking band of supporters. Worse, the calculating Bolingbroke has maneuvered himself to be Richard’s successor, a position that can be realized only with Richard’s death. The first in Shakespeare’s second cycle of history plays, Richard II is written entirely in verse, making it one of the master playwright’s most musical creations. Gerald Freedman, former artistic director of the New York Shakespeare Festival and Great Lakes Theater Festival, directs Wallace Acton, last seen at The Shakespeare Theatre in the title role of Peer Gynt, as Richard, leading a cast that includes Tana Hicken as the Duchess of York, Andrew Long as Bolingbroke, David Sabin as the Duke of York, and Ted van Griethuysen as John of Gaunt.
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Wallace Acton*
Richard II
Jessica Lancaster*
Isabel
Ted van Griethuysen*
John of Gaunt
Andrew Long*
Henry Bolingbroke
David Sabin*
Edmund of Langley
Tana Hicken*
Duchess of York
Gregory Woodell*
Duke of Aumerle
Bill Hamlin*
Thomas of Woodstock, Abbot of Westminster
Jewell Robinson*
Duchess of Gloucester
William Hulings*
Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Salisbury
Eric Martin Brown*
Sir Henry Greene
Jeffries Thaiss*
Sir John Bushy
Patrick Hallahan*
Sir John Bagot
Emery Battis*
Bishop of Carlisle
Marty Lodge*
Sir Stephen Scroope
André Marrero*
Duke of Surrey, Lord Willoughby
Cameron McElyea
Harry Percy
Ralph Cosham*
Henry Percy
John Lescault
Lord Ross, Lord Fitzwater
William Hulings
Sir Piers Exton
Bill Hamlin
Lord Marshal
Rahmein Mostafavi
1st Herald
James Seol
2nd Herald
Ted Feldman
A Welsh Captain, The Keeper of the Prison at Pomfret
Peter Mendez
A Groom of the Stable to King Richard
Ensemble
Dean Avery, Jacqueline Baker, Ted Feldman, Jason Franklin, John Long, Cameron McElyea, Peter Mendez, Guy Molnar, Rahmein Mostafavi, James Seol, Joel Weaver, Jack Wilbern
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Gerald Freedman
Director
John Ezell
Set Designer
Lawrence Casey
Costume Designer
Mary Jo Dondlinger
Lighting Designer
Robert Waldman
Composer
Ellen O’Brien
Voice and Text Coach
PJ Paparelli
Assistant Director
Pat Hodge
Stage Manager
Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter, Howard Meltzer, C.S.A.
Casting Directors
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