Shakespeare's Richard II (Michael Pennington, 1990) 13/14

[DianaEstefan]

The gun in the end surprised me a bit

[TheMusicmanMB]

Bah...This king was a joke yet it draws tears from my eyes...

[niteowl9491]

@TheMusicmanMB That's sort of the point, I guess--he IS a shitty King, and he knows it at the end and wishes he could have done more with what little time he was given, but he wasted it away and this is his punishment. We sympathize with him even though there's no other reason to

[Equinox1969]

Thanks a lot ShakespeareAndMore for uploading this wonderful performance. Brilliantly delivered indeed, how he grasps the idea of circular movements here, from king to beggar and back again, the wheel of fortune, from nothing to nothing, the circular movement of the clock. Poor king who has just his own sorrow and person to circle around. I could watch Michael Pennington for hours and hours.

[Stereolabdream]

nothing became him in life like the leaving of it...I believe someone wrote, somewhere....

[BuzzBuzzize]

Brilliant! Camera work goes a little crazy toward the end though!