DEBORAH WARNER
theatre - opera - installations
director
photographs © Neil Libbert
Richard II, 1995 - 1996
William Shakespeare
Royal National Theatre
1995 Cottesloe Theatre, London
1996 MC93, Bobigny, Paris
1996 Perner-Insel Hallein, Salzburg
Performances: London - 26 May 1995 -17 February 1996; Bobigny, 13-28 January 1996; Salzburg, 25-28 July 1996
Creative Team
Director - Deborah Warner
Designer - Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting - Peter Mumford
Music - Arturo Annechino
Company Voice Work - Patsy Rodenburg
Cast
Richard II - Fiona Shaw
John of Gaunt - Graham Crowden
Henry Bolingbroke - David Threlfall / Richard Bremner - Salzburg
Thomas Mowbray - David Lyon
Duchess of Gloucester - Paola Dionisotti
Lord Marshal - John Rogan
Duke of Aumerle - Julian Rhind-Tutt
First Herald - Jonathan Slinger
Second Herald - Jem Wall
Green - Henry Ian Cusick
Bushy - Nicholas Gecks
Duke of York - Michael Bryant
Queen Isabel - Sian Thomas / Brana Bajic - Salzburg
Henry, Earl of Northumberland - Struan Rodger
Lord Ross - Richard Bremner / Roger Sloman - Salzburg
Lord Willoughby - John McEnery
Duke of York’s Serving Man - Jem Wall
Bagot - Danny Sapani
Harry Percy - Jonathan Slinger
Scroop - Jude Akuwudike
Welsh Captain - Danny Sapani
Earl of Salisbury - David Lyon
Bishop of Carlisle - John Rogan
First Lady - Paola Dionisotti
Second Lady - Elaine Claxton
Head Gardener -John McEnery
First Gardener’s Man - Henry Ian Cusick
Second Gardener’s Man - Jem Wall
Lord Fitzwater - Jude Akuwudike
Duke of Surrey - Nicholas Gecks
Abbot of Westminster - Richard Bremner
Duchess of York - Paola Dionisotti
Sir Piers of Exton - Richard Bremner
Exton’s Man - Henry Ian Cusick
Keeper at Pomfret Castle - John McEnery