Richard II - Ian McKellen - Timothy West - 1971 - Remastered - 4K

[@ShakespeareNetwork]

Please consider subscribing to our channel - kzbin.info New Film adaptation - MISANTHROPOS - www.misanthropos.net - Timon of Athens - Shakespeare on Film! Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.

[@pivotshot6121]

I had the good fortune of seeing Ian Mckellen as Richard lll at the National Theatre in 1990. Excellent performance!

[@maestroclassico5801]

I hadn't heard Timothy West had passed until right now. RIP Timothy. I loved your varied performances. From the loyal (and doomed) Doctor to the Romanovs in NICHOLAS and ALEXANDRA to the title role in Edward VII!

[@telemachus53]

From Richard II to Richard III and then to Gandalf there's none quite like Ian McKellen. One of our greatest actors, with a depth of soul that he manages to blend into his acting.

[@blackeyedlily]

One of my favorite Shakespeare plays. So much beautiful and memorable dialogue.

[@wordscapes5690]

Ian was magical in this role!

[@WhiteHartsInc]

I cannot begin to describe the happiness this post has brought to me, a glorious respite from the unimaginable horrors of the war now. How many days I imagined McKellan’s performance before I conceived that barbarism would be allowed to flourish in our time. For these next two hours, my cup runneth over. ❤️‍🔥

[@MS-zu8ds]

This is quite a find. Prospect Theatre Company was the foremost touring company both nationally and abroad, always enticing a talented company, I thoroughly enjoyed following them when they found a home at The Vic and when they became The Old Vic Theatre Company. Lovely to see so many familiar faces, some of whom I would work with in later years.

[@edwardfreeman7512]

The BBC used to do Shakespeare like this with people like Mckellen on a regular basis. Much less so now.

[@a.jamesstretton3813]

It's not the BBC's fault that times and education standards have changed. Market forces and need to be "popular" have decimated the artistic ambition of this country. Forces are at work to destroy the BBC. The unmistakable march of "progress". Sad times.

[@splinterbyrd]

The BBC recently had Ben Wishaw as Richard II. He captured Richard's haughtiness, but not something else which McKellern gets here; vulnerability.

[@GradKat]

If the Beeb did put on such a production nowadays they’d be falling all over themselves trying to make it as “diverse” as possible.

[@EstrafaDC]

​@@splinterbyrd OOF. I mean I like Wishaw just fine but NO COMPARISON in acting caliber to McKellen. I'm he'd shudder himself at the comparison. And this was McKellen at this full powers.

[@homo.incurvatus]

The BBC did a sometimes brilliant shakespeare series in the last twenty years.

[@thecinematicmind]

Rest in Peace Timothy West

[@steveg8322]

Ian's Richard the III is absolutely mind blowing.

[@stevieg6418]

But this is Richard the II

[@francesbrock8862]

Add a hurrah for appropriate music which doesn't dominate speech, but sets the scene perfectly ❤

[@richardherrera1736]

Search RIP Timothy West🌹1934-2024 📽⭐️💐

[@solarpenguin1]

Looking forward to this one. It was the first time I ever saw McKellen in anything! It'll be good to see it again

[@davidstankiewicz2049]

What a phenomenal actor Sir Ian is - saw him in the Kings Players in 2024, but adored him in Vicious. So varied an actor.

[@cor-z8m]

Can ‘t wait for Canada’s Stratford festival Richard II this summer! A must see!

[@DavidCarloz]

Thanks for uploading

[@ShakespeareNetwork]

Our pleasure!

[@nicolasplagne5577]

Excellente interprétation et belle mise en scène en beaux costumes

[@artactreact2387]

Now there's the harderst to find BBC Ian McKellen's Hamlet , also based on the Prospect Theatre production , if you can get your hands on it and share, would be great.

[@basilisk_1389]

I would literally faint if they somehow achieved that.

[@Twentythousandlps]

It can be seen at the Paley Media Center in Manhattan.

[@Adolgos01]

So far it’s excellent

[@kenoliver8913]

Always thought Richard II was a better play than some of Will Shakespeare's bigger hits. Some wonderful lines in it.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

I completely agree. I think it may be less popular because it is the story of a king who was deposed. People want to see a more heroic end for the main character in a play. The version with Ben Wishaw is also very good.

[@cg98243]

It's amazing. A thoughtful meditation on the loss of power, on failed leadership.

[@nicolasplagne5577]

England attacked France but was divided

[@valentinekizito661]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 Ben Whishaw was wonderful in it

[@troygaspard6732]

Thank you for unearthing this.

[@MartinBlack]

this was excellent, thank you for sharing

[@NineInchTyrone]

When England loved itself and respected its past

[@dougmphilly]

"Landlord of England art thou now, not king" i think its one of the lines in the entire play. john of gaunt totally destroys king richard ii with just a few words.

[@rfusillo]

would tthat all SHAKESPEARE performances could afford such a cast

[@janmariolle]

Thank you so much! This is a real treat.

[@basilisk_1389]

THANK YOU IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOREVER I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

[@jpmaya7284]

Excellent

[@dolldoll2914]

👩🏻‍💻" ... Live in thy shame! But die not, shame with thee! ... " John of Gaunt, Sir Patrick Stewart, Richard II The Hollow Crown

[@paulleverton9569]

It took Richard 11 years before he revenged himself on the Lords Appellant. Bolingbroke and Mowbray were the 4th and 5th Lords to join the original three - which included the Duke of Gloucester. Richard's victory was short lived, just one year later he was deposed and Bolingbroke (his 'cousin of Hereford') became Henry IV. The year following that (1400) Richard conveniently died in Pontefract Castle. Up yours, King Dickie!

[@slowneutron6163]

"High Stomach'd are they both and full of ire.....EARTH WIND AND FIRE, BACK TO THE SHIRE!"

[@polish200]

Great acting!

[@anthonywritesfantasy]

That scene in the middle, at hour one.... Sir Ian indeed!

[@hewasfuzzywuzzy3583]

This actor portraying Bolingbrook looks uncannily like Matt Damon. No I couldst not shaketh the very thought of such a unusual sight.

[@Mithrasta]

*_38:50_**_ AMAZING. Look how handsome he was_*

[@mmaphilosophy]

Classic 😊

[@hewasfuzzywuzzy3583]

Wow... Duke of York (Lightborn) is the Grail Knight from Indiana Jones: And The Last Crusade. Actor, Robert Eddison.

[@Billy_Mandalay]

I still prefer young Derek Jacobi's Richard in the BBC Complete Works series. Pure poetry.

[@bebaguette766]

Damn, really? What a treat.

[@LuciferSam2024]

Great performance!~ Too bad Sir Derek Jacobi was not included.

[@mango2005]

Although this is 16th century English, I understand most of it.

[@richardhumphreys8662]

At the risk of sounding vicious, I preferred Derek Jacobi in this role.

[@RichMitch]

Mark Rylance's performance as Richard ii is better imo, straddles the tragedy/comedy line perfectly

[@krisvanallen]

Mark Rylance is one of my very faves

[@maestroclassico5801]

SO Ian went from Richard II to Richard III

[@stephenfegely]

🎉

[@gerardjagroo]

58:06 Epic speech

[@Calatriste54]

Did Ian ever play Hal? In Henry IV, V, and VI? If not, he should have..

[@lecedant]

Thank you immensely for sharing this. Do you happen to know the title of the piece which plays at the end and several times throughout?

[@ShakespeareNetwork]

You're very welcome! The music at the end is the sublime "Miserere mei" by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri.

[@lecedant]

How deep is my gratitude. What a masterpiece. Thank you again @@ShakespeareNetwork

[@jamescasscreations884]

OMG

[@nicolasericson4207]

Co-incidence? McKellen at 34 was almost the same age as Richard (33) when he was deposed

[@Twentythousandlps]

Credits 2:00:35

[@honorablebandit]

Can anybody tell me who is playing Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk in this production?

[@ShakespeareNetwork]

Cast list at: 2:00:34

[@honorablebandit]

@@ShakespeareNetwork thank you!

[@MS-zu8ds]

The superb Robert Eddison of the mellifluous voice. @@honorablebandit

[@davidburbage3348]

I recognized that voice immediately. The Templar Knight in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"! "He chose....poorly" 😏

[@eternalhalloween1]

I understand why many would choose to read the plays in NUMERICAL ORDER. "Richard II," "Henry IV," 2 "Henry IV," "Henry V," "Henry VI," 2 "Henry VI," 3 "Henry VI," "Richard III," "Henry VIII." I prefer PERFORMANCE ORDER. "Henry VI," 2 "Henry VI," 3 "Henry VI," "Richard III," "Richard II," "Henry IV," 2 "Henry IV," "Henry V," "Henry VIII."

[@IanMcGarrett]

One would imagine from this production that the villain of the piece is Richard. But he isn't. Bolingbroke is the villain. From the outset he is lying about Mowbray.

[@spider2666]

Is he? It's quite likely that Mowbray did kill Gloucester, under instruction from the king. This production essentially shows as much, with Mowbray and Richard's reactions when Bolingbroke makes the charge.

[@wordscapes5690]

His Richard is a strutting, pompous tit… and yet he still manages to garner empathy. Great actor.

[@t.c.s.7724]

Dukes inevitably devolve into wannabe kings.

[@paules3437]

Wait, Ian McKellen was young once??

[@user-cu2ej7qu6p]

so eho was guilty - mowbray of nofrfolk? who lied?

[@spider2666]

Mowbray probably did kill Gloucester, and Richard probably instructed him to do so. Bolingbroke, meanwhile, is trying to stir things up by making the accusation in public. From the start he has designs on the crown.