Hear André Holland, Lupita Nyong'o & Phylicia Rashad In Free Shakespeare in the Radio production of Richard II On WNYC Starting July 13
Produced by The Public Theater and WNYC and directed by Saheem Ali, the Free Shakespeare in the Radio production of RICHARD II, will be broadcast nightly from Monday, July 13 through Thursday, July 16 at 8:00 p.m. EST. on WNYC (93.9FM). The four-part radio play will also be available on WNYC.org and as a podcast for audience members outside of the New York tri-state area.
Led by André Holland as King Richard II, the cast of 26 amazing actors also features Lupita Nyong'o as narrator, Phylicia Rashad, Estelle Parsons, Stephen McKinley Henderson, John Douglas Thompson, Miriam A. Hyman, and more.
Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s only dramas entirely in verse, this epic and intimate play presents the rise of the house of Lancaster through a riveting tale of lost sovereignty, political intrigue, and psychological complexity. Conceived for the radio and directed by Saheem Ali, experience this beautiful and cutting play in an exciting serialized radio format from wherever you are!
The complete cast of RICHARD II features Barzin Akhavan (Salisbury/Marshall), Sean Carvajal (Gardener's Man/Surrey), Michael Bradley Cohen (Bushy), Sanjit De Silva (Mowbray/Exton), Biko Eisen-Martin (Fitzwater), Michael Gaston (Northumberland), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Gardener), André Holland (King Richard II), Miriam A. Hyman (Bolingbroke), Merritt Janson (Scroop), Elijah Jones (Hotspur), Dakin Matthews (Gaunt), Jacob Ming-Trent (Carlisle), Maria Mukuka (Queen's Lady/Servant), Okwui Okpokwasili (Willoughby/Abbot), Estelle Parsons (Duchess of York), Tom Pecinka (Aumerle), Phylicia Rashad (Duchess of Gloucester), Reza Salazar (Welsh Captain), Thom Sesma (Ross/Keeper), Sathya Sridharan (Bagot), John Douglas Thompson (York), Claire van der Boom (Queen), Natalie Woolams-Torres (Green), and Ja’Siah Young (Groom).