NTGDS BB Ntlive Richard II Castlist US 8.5X11 201218.Indd
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Did you know? A production from In 2018 we had 19,940 screenings around the world. by William Shakespeare directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins Enjoy the show Cast Creative Team King Richard the Second Direction Joe Hill-Gibbins We hope you enjoy your National Theatre Please do let us know what you think Simon Russell Beale Design ULTZ Live screening. We make every attempt to through our channels listed below or Bolingbroke Leo Bill Light James Farncombe replicate the theatre experience as closely approach the cinema manager to share as possible for your enjoyment. your thoughts. Bagot/Aumerle Martins Imhangbe Sound Peter Rice Carlisle Natalie Klamar Dramaturg Jeff James York John Mackay Casting Ginny Schiller CDG Gaunt/Willoughby Joseph Mydell Costume Supervisor Claire Wardroper Connect with us Mowbray/Bushy/Green Associate Designer Charlotte Espiner /Duchess of York Saskia Reeves Resident Director Lucy Wray Explore Never miss out Northumberland Robin Weaver Go behind the scenes of The Tragedy of King Get the latest news from Broadcast Team Richard the Second and learn more about National Theatre Live straight Director for Screen Tony Grech-Smith how our broadcasts happen on our website. to your inbox. Technical Producer Christopher C Bretnall ntlive.com ntlive.com/signup Script Supervisor Amanda Church Lighting Consultant Gemma O’Sullivan Sound Supervisor Conrad Fletcher Join in Feedback Use #RichardII and be a Share your thoughts by taking our part of the conversation online. short online survey and enter into a prize draw to win £100. /ntlive ntlive.com/feedback @ntlive Running time: Approx. 1 hour 55 mins, with no interval. About the play Coming soon From ‘The Impossibility of Power’, by Phillip Collins, in the Find the next broadcast or screening near you at ntlive.com programme for The Tragedy of King Richard the Second Poor political leadership may be the political pressure as the concern of predicament of our time but, as Richard II ordinary mortals. An attitude like this From Academy Award-nominated writer shows, not just of our time. The flaws and can lead to a Prime Minister calling a of The Hours and The Reader comes an errors of political life are perennial and referendum on the assumption they explosive new political drama, broadcast on leadership Shakespeare’s insights cannot lose. live from the National Theatre. are so acute he could have a column in The Times. Richard discovers that deeds matter in Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a his world too. The rage of Richard seeing by David Hare doctor, and the inspiring leader of a local The loudest echo we can hear in our his own face in the mirror is the anger a National Theatre production health campaign. When she crosses politics today is Shakespeare’s argument of Boris Johnson face to face with the paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart about the source of legitimacy. Richard obvious fact that his fantastical version loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s claims to derive legitimacy from divine of Brexit has given way to the grubby faced with an agonising decision. right. Vain, petty and arbitrary, he is prone compromises of the world we actually live to colossal blunders such as seizing in. Politics is theatrical but it is also more Bolingbroke’s land and inheritance. than theatre, a point that Shakespeare Yet he is cavalier because he disdains makes beautifully. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. But nothing lasts forever as long buried truths are forced to Bridge Theatre National Theatre Live the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare. by Arthur Miller The Almeida Theatre makes brave new National Theatre Live distributes a co-production from Academy Award-winner Sally Field work that asks big questions: of plays, world-class theatre straight from stages The Old Vic and Headlong (Steel Magnolias) and Bill Pullman of theatre and of the world around us. across the United Kingdom to cinema (While You Were Sleeping) star in Arthur Since 2013, the Almeida has been led by screens around the world. Miller’s blistering drama, directed Artistic Director Rupert Goold. Recent by Jeremy Herrin. highlights include Artistic Director Rupert Working with the best of British Goold’s productions of Ink and Albion; theatre companies and producers, we Robert Icke’s productions of Mary Stuart simultaneously broadcast live theatre and Hamlet; and Rebecca Frecknall’s shows to cinemas in the UK, Europe production of Summer & Smoke, and sometimes North America, as well currently running in the West End. The as capturing the live performance for Almeida was named London Theatre of encore screenings in other territories. the Year at the 2018 Stage Awards. Our live broadcasts and screenings have been seen by over 8 million people in 2,500 cinemas in 65 countries since we launched in 2009. almeida.co.uk ntlive.com facebook/almeidatheatre facebook/ntlive @AlmeidaTheatre @ntlive.