It certainly is a legitimate option if you want 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," and "Henry VIII." ) But it can also be really interesting to read them in PERFORMANCE ORDER and see how Shakespeare's writing developed. ("Henry VI," 2 "Henry VI," 3 "Henry VI," "Richard III," "Richard II," "Henry IV," 2 "Henry IV," "Henry V," and "Henry VIII."
Now upon studying it, it is my opinion that Richard II ought to take the place of MacBeth in secondary school English classes. Thank you so much for posting this production (and Romeo and Juliet.) I look forward to seeing what else you bring to us.
@@KumarAnshs the poetry is clearer, the story is simpler, it is historical. It is no less tragic. The imagery is very clear. The characters have clear, and sometimes changing, motivations. Tracking the growth of Bolingbroke versus the intransigence of Richard is interesting to me. In my opinion, teachers choose to teach MacBeth because it is short (2200 lines) and they believe the supernatural element will interest kids. It’s not a bad choice. I think that this is better for the reasons I’ve said.
@@KumarAnshs additionally: Richard gives good insight into the differences between the person of the king, and the Sovereign. He demonstrates the medieval understanding of societal hierarchy, as opposed to our contemporary egalitarian understanding. Gaunt gives great inside into old age.
I knew someone that while they were in school the Shakespeare plays they read were some of the King Henry ones, King John, Julias Caesar & maybe one of the King Richard’s. They were young but really enjoyed them because 1. they were learning about those people (& their governmental systems they governed) in history & economics/civics 2. it had a type of poetry that was attractive to them.
This is from Bard Productions. With the growth of the VCR in classrooms, Bard Productions raised the capital to produce a series of Shakespeare plays directly for the educational market. This was the third of 8 productions done in television studios about the Los Angeles area. They were marketed to schools but in the late 1980s were released on home video. They are pretty obscure.
Both, actually... You can find some basic info in wiki, just check out "Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk". But if we speak of this play, Shakespeare, being pro-Tudor by "nature", sometimes seems pro-Lancastrian, but this is a misleading impression, imao. Within the play, Bolingbroke being the usurper is the ultimative traitor, while Norfolk peacefully ended his days in exile, in Venice Italy. It was rumored he visited Palestine as a pilgrim shortly before death.
Wonderful production of a great play. Thank you.
It certainly is a legitimate option if you want 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," and "Henry VIII." ) But it can also be really interesting to read them in PERFORMANCE ORDER and see how Shakespeare's writing developed. ("Henry VI," 2 "Henry VI," 3 "Henry VI," "Richard III," "Richard II," "Henry IV," 2 "Henry IV," "Henry V," and "Henry VIII."
Now upon studying it, it is my opinion that Richard II ought to take the place of MacBeth in secondary school English classes.
Thank you so much for posting this production (and Romeo and Juliet.) I look forward to seeing what else you bring to us.
Interesting, why so?
@@KumarAnshs the poetry is clearer, the story is simpler, it is historical. It is no less tragic. The imagery is very clear. The characters have clear, and sometimes changing, motivations. Tracking the growth of Bolingbroke versus the intransigence of Richard is interesting to me.
In my opinion, teachers choose to teach MacBeth because it is short (2200 lines) and they believe the supernatural element will interest kids.
It’s not a bad choice. I think that this is better for the reasons I’ve said.
@@KumarAnshs additionally: Richard gives good insight into the differences between the person of the king, and the Sovereign. He demonstrates the medieval understanding of societal hierarchy, as opposed to our contemporary egalitarian understanding.
Gaunt gives great inside into old age.
I knew someone that while they were in school the Shakespeare plays they read were some of the King Henry ones, King John, Julias Caesar & maybe one of the King Richard’s. They were young but really enjoyed them because 1. they were learning about those people (& their governmental systems they governed) in history & economics/civics 2. it had a type of poetry that was attractive to them.
This is excellent
I see the head honcho in “scarface”
And the fool in Showtimes “The Tudors”....
It is hard to think of Richard II as a tragedy when Richard is such a jerk.
What production is this, please?
This is from Bard Productions. With the growth of the VCR in classrooms, Bard Productions raised the capital to produce a series of Shakespeare plays directly for the educational market. This was the third of 8 productions done in television studios about the Los Angeles area. They were marketed to schools but in the late 1980s were released on home video. They are pretty obscure.
@@tonywright1962 Thanks for replying!
why does birney keep rubbing his chest?
who was the traitor of them two?
Both, actually... You can find some basic info in wiki, just check out "Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk". But if we speak of this play, Shakespeare, being pro-Tudor by "nature", sometimes seems pro-Lancastrian, but this is a misleading impression, imao. Within the play, Bolingbroke being the usurper is the ultimative traitor, while Norfolk peacefully ended his days in exile, in Venice Italy. It was rumored he visited Palestine as a pilgrim shortly before death.
So we got Barry Manilow playing Richard...