RICHARD II (BLU-RAY)

Richard II is King, A monarch ordained by God to lead his people, But he is also a man of very human weakness, A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic and bloody civil war. Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Gregory Doran directs David Tennant in the title role, David is joined in the Company by Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York, Michael Pennington as John of Gaunt and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke. Richard II was broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 13 November 2013 from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and is now released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

This production of Shakespeare's historical play Richard II stars David Tennant as the title monarch, a leader who plunges his people into a war that goes on for a century.