Bolingbroke wrongly accuses Mowbray of killing Gloucester, the uncle of King Richard II. Richard (who in fact arranged the murder) orders a trial by combat between Bolingbroke and Mowbray, then turns this into exile for both of them. Bolingbroke's father, John of Gaunt, dies and Richard seizes his estates to pay for a campaign in Ireland. While Richard is off fighting the Irish, leaving the Duke of York as Regent, Bolingbroke invades England and the country rises in support of him. York vacillates, Richard lands in Wales, is arrested, and surrenders the crown to Bolingbroke, who becomes King Henry IV. A plot against Henry is discovered, Henry pardons his cousin Aumerle, but Richard is murdered while imprisoned at Pontefract.
Name | Type | Role | |
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William Shakespeare | Writer | ||
Cedric Messina | Producer | ||
David Giles | Director | ||
Bruno Barnabe | Actor | Abbot of Westminster | |
Robin Sachs | Actor | Bushy | |
Charles Gray | Actor | Duke of York | |
Earl Hatley | Actor | Sir Stephen Scroop | |
Richard Owens | Actor | Thomas Mowbray | |
Derek Jacobi | Actor | Richard II | |
Damien Thomas | Actor | Bagot | |
Mary Morris | Actor | Duchess of Gloucester | |
John Barcroft | Actor | Earl of Salisbury | |
Janet Maw | Actor | Queen Isabella | |
John Gielgud | Actor | John of Gaunt | |
Alan Dalton | Actor | Green | |
David Swift | Actor | Duke of Northumberland | |
David Garfield | Actor | Welsh Captain | |
Jeffrey Holland | Actor | Duke of Surrey | |
Jon Finch | Actor | Henry Bolingbroke | |
David Dodimead | Actor | Lord Ross | |
Clifford Rose | Actor | Bishop of Carlisle | |
Jeremy Bulloch | Actor | Henry Percy | |
Wendy Hiller | Actor | Duchess of York | |
John Flint | Actor | Lord Willoughby | |
Charles Keating | Actor | Duke of Aumerle |