The Sacred King - Shakespeare's Richard II at Pontefract Castle
- 2019
- 13m
Having been crowned at the age of 10, crushed the Peasant's Revolt, feuded with his powerful uncles, been humiliated by his council and deposed by his own cousin, the former King Richard II ... Read allHaving been crowned at the age of 10, crushed the Peasant's Revolt, feuded with his powerful uncles, been humiliated by his council and deposed by his own cousin, the former King Richard II finds himself imprisoned at Pontefract Castle. Having fallen from the heights of glorious ... Read allHaving been crowned at the age of 10, crushed the Peasant's Revolt, feuded with his powerful uncles, been humiliated by his council and deposed by his own cousin, the former King Richard II finds himself imprisoned at Pontefract Castle. Having fallen from the heights of glorious majesty to the bottom of society, he comes to terms with his own humanity in this final sp... Read all