Richard II
By:
William Shakespeare
Adapted & directed by:
Sean Hagerty
Original Music by:
Joan Melton
Sound Design by:
Dan Gerhard & Ellen Fitton of Sonic Designs
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A gripping tale of ambition, betrayal, and ruthless political intrigue, Richard II follows the rise and fall of one of Shakespeare’s most notorious villains. Driven by an insatiable hunger for power, Richard manipulates, deceives, and murders his way to the English throne in this timeless exploration of tyranny, corruption, and the devastating cost of ambition. Written around 1592–1594, Richard II remains one of William Shakespeare’s most celebrated historical tragedies.
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Jamie Ballard — King Richard II
David Hargreaves — John of Gaunt
Derek Wilson — Henry Bolingbroke
Jonathan Forbes — Thomas Mowbray, Bagot
Aria Shahghasemi — Aumerle
Philip Buck — Bushy, Ross, Bishop of Carlisle
Jahsiah Mussig — Green, Henry Percy
Andrew Sellon — Duke of York
Mark Jonathan Quiles — Willoughby, Archbishop of Westminster, Keeper
Keith Hamilton Cobb — Duke of Northumberland
Charlotte East — Queen
Ashlie Atkinson — Duchess of York
Adapted and Directed by Sean Hagerty
Sound Design by Dan Gerhard and Ellen Fitton, Sonic Designs
Original Music by Joan Melton
Music Production & Supervision by Justin Goldner
Associate Producer — Sydney Steele
Casting Director — Robin Carus
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Jamie Ballard is Richard II
Jamie is a renowned and award-winning actor of the English Stage and screen. His breakout performance was as the title role in famed director Jonathan Miller’s Hamlet in 2008, receiving rave reviews and where he was voted one of the top ten Hamlets of all time by The Guardian. Credits include: Romeo & Juliet (The Almeida); The Tempest; Henry VI Part 1; The Merchant of Venice; Measure For Measure; Written On The Heart; Much Ado About Nothing; Romeo and Juliet; King John; As You Like It; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company);The Duchess Of Malfi, Henry VIII; The White Devil; Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare’s Globe); Harry Potter in Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (London’s West End); King John in King John (Rose Theatre, Kingston) directed by Trevor Nunn; Macduff in Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios) directed by Jamie Lloyd; Scenes From An Execution; Antigone; Emperor and Galilean; Some Trace of Her; War Horse; Saint Joan (National Theatre of England). Film & Television: Suffragette; X+Y; A Poet In New York; Black Death; Showtrial 2, Vera; Three Girls; Penny Dreadful; Ripper Street; The Hollow Crown II; Sons Of Liberty; Father Brown; The Crimson Field; The Great Fire; Amnesia. Radio: Julius Caesar, The Tempest (Shakespeare@ Home); The Archers; Nightwaves; The Jewish War; Martha’s Metamorphosis; Not Me But Us.
Derek Wilson is Bolingbroke (Henry IV)
Derek Wilson is an American actor known for his roles as Donnie Schenck in the AMC supernatural drama Preacher, Wolf in the Hulu science-fiction comedy series Future Man, and Robert Vernon, also known as Tek Knight, in the Amazon Prime Video superhero series Gen V and The Boys. Derek began his career in theatre and Derek has performed in numerous Shakespeare plays and other classics regionally and in New York including Macbeth on Broadway at Lincoln Center.