Richard II 93-94

A military coup. A murdered king. An usurper agonized by guilt. As Richard comes to terms with the inevitability of his tragic fate, he grows in stature and sets off disturbing moral dilemmas in the conscience of his rival.

“Richard is a classic narcissistic character. [He] lives at the emotional extremes and cannot find a middle way. Other people are nto real to him. They are simply characters in ‘his play.’ We all live this way to some extent. I also think that Richard is a perfect portrait of an actor’s personality, for better or worse.”
–Richard Thomas (Richard II) in An American Classic: Shakespeare Theatre Company

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Richard Thomas
King Richard II

Ted van Griethuysen
John of Gaunt

James J. Lawless
Edmund of Langley

Edward Gero
Henry Bolingbroke

Christopher McHale
Thomas Mowbray

Robert Petkoff
Duke of Aumerle

Tari Signor
Isabel

Rebecca Thompson
Duchess of Gloucester

Franchelle Stewart Dorn
Duchess of York

Helmar Augustus Cooper
The Bishop of Carlisle

Richard Henrich
The Abbot of Westminster

John Leonard Thompson
Sir John Bushy

John Lathan
Sir John Bagot

Firdous E. Bamji
Sir Henry Greene

Robert G. Murch
Sir Stephen Scroope

Christopher McHale
Earl of Salisbury

Tom Spackman
Henry Percy

Jason Novak
Henry Percy

Bernard K. Addison
Lord Ross

Eric Hoffmann
Lord Willoughby

Christopher McHale
Sir Piers Exton

Stevie Ray Dallimore
A Welsh Captain

Ted van Griethuysen
A Gardener

Todd Breaugh, Kris Nelson
His Men

Stevie Ray Dallimore
Keeper of the Prison at Pomfret

Jolie Garrett
A Groom of the Stable to King Richard

Christopher Borg, Kyle Leland Rivers
Heralds

Firdous E. Bamji, Todd Breaugh, Tom Dalton, Kyle Leland Rivers
Murderers

Angela Eckand, Rebecca Thompson, Wendy Wilde
Ladies attendant upon Queen Isabel

Kris Nelson
Servant to York

Katie Bennett, Christopher Borg, Bob Brandt, Todd Breaugh, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Tom Dalton, Angela Eckard, Jolie Garrett, Richard Henrich, Jeremy Jacobs, Michael Martines, Kris Nelson, Jason Novak, Kyle Leland Rivers, Wendy Wilde
Ensemble
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Michael Kahn
Director

Daniel Fish
Associate Director

Derek McLane
Set Designer

Tom Broecker
Costume Designer

Howell Binkley
Lighting Designer

Adam Wernick
Composer/Sound Designer

Allen Suddeth
Fight Director

Elizabeth Smith
Vocal Consultant

James Latus
Stage Manager

Randy Engels
Production Manager

Stuart Howard and Amy Schecter
Casting
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